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CONTRIBUTIONS TO LITERATURE, Etc.
intellectual energies of all thinking men." 82 The last part of the work entitled Upāsakādhyanam, divided into forty-six kalpas or chapters, is a handbook of popular instruction on Jaina doctrine and devotion.83
इयता ग्रंथेन मया प्रोक्तं चरितं यशोधरनृपस्य ।
इत उत्तरं च वक्ष्ये श्रुतपठितमुपासकाध्ययनम् ॥ ४॥ Among the authors with whom Somadeva shows his acquaintance are Bhāravi, Bhavabhūti, Bhartphari, Guņādhya, Vyåsa, Bhāsa, Kālidāsa, Bāņa, Māgha, Rājaśêkhara; and grammarians like Indra, Candra, Jinêndra, A pisala and Pāṇini whose works, he says, were taught during his days. Besides, he also makes mention of Aśva-vidyā, Gaja-vidyā, Ratna-parikṣā, Kāma-śāstra, Vaidyaka, etc.85 His other work of considerable interest is the Nitivākyāmyta which is almost verbally modelled on Kautilya's Artha-śāstra.86 The mere 'table of contents' of this work is enlightening. It has thirty-two chapters which are :(1) TÀRT:; (2) STUAJTT: ; (3) FTAYIT:; (4) TTEET:; (5) jane: ; (6) prani; (7) aft; (8) arai; (9) yogaforat; (10) ji; (11) geriga; (12) ft; (13) qa; (14) ait; (15) fait; (16) 577; (17) FIÂ ; (18) STATE; (19) #79; (20) Gi; (21) Bìa; (22) đỡ; (23) HH; (24) CIR ; (25) farger; (26) Agrart; (27) stare; (28) faar; (29) argou ; (30) 96; (31) famig; and (32) amit. At the end is given a Prasasti from which we learn that Somadeva was the younger brother of Mahendradeva Bhattāraka who is described as वादीदकालानलभीमहेंददेवभट्टारक. Further we are informed that Somadeva also wrote three other works, ( gorrara
ATOT, gmraar ofTET, TATACAF) which however are not extant. The epithets which he applies to himself with ciceroen pride are certainly worth mentioning, viz :
82 Peterson, op. cit., p. 33. 83 Ibid., p. 46. 84 See n. 80 above. 85 For a fuller analysis see Nilivākyamrila, M. D. J. G. XXII Introd.,
pp. 14-17. 86 Of. Ibid., pp. 1-8.
| SR No. | 011062 |
| Book Title | Jainism and Karnataka Culture |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | S R Sharma |
| Publisher | Karnataka Historical Research Society Dharwar |
| Publication Year | 1940 |
| Total Pages | 263 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 9 MB |