Progress of Prakrit and Jaina Studies

SR No.: 011087
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhogilal J Sandesara
Publisher: Jain Cultural Research Society
Total Pages: 55
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 3 MB

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In the Cauppannamahäpurisacariya of Silanka we find a one-act play in Sanskrit, Vibudhānanda, and the editor is bring-ing it out separately in the form of a booklet. Rămacandra, the pupil of Hemacandra, was a gifted dramatist, and four of his plays,, viz. Nalavilāsa, Kaumudīmitrāṇanda, Satyahariścandṛa and Nirbhayabhimavyāyoga, have been printed before now. Two more of his plays, known so far only through references in his Natyadarpaņa, have been recently discovered. These two are Raghuvilāsa (in two versions-one brief and the other longer) and Mallikāmakaranda Prakaraṇa. Five of these plays, except Nalavilāsa which was published as G. O. S., no. 29 (Baroda, 1926) and is likely to be reprinted in near future, have been edited by Muni Śri Punyavijayaji and they are being printed in the Rūjasthān Purātana Granthamālā. Candralekhāvijaya Prakaraṇa of Devacandra, another pupil of Hemacandra, which was acted at Putan at the order of king Kumārapāla (12th century A. D.) of Gujarāt, is being edited by the same scholar for the Gaekwad's Oriental Series. It is a semi-historical play depicting Kumārapāla's victory over Arṇorāja, the chief of Sapădalakṣa.
Second edition of Natyadarpaņa, an authoritative treatise on dramaturgy, by Ramacandra and Gunacandra, another pupil of Hemacandra, has been very recently published (G. O. S., no. 48, Baroda, 1959). It has been revised by Pt. L. B. Gandhi.
In Stotra-literature Jinastotrakośa of Vinayahaṁsa comprising 58 stotras has been edited by Muni Candrodayavijaya and Sūryodayavijaya (Bombay, V.S. 2014). Jinacaturviṁśikā Stotra of Bhupāla Kavi with a commentary by Āsādhara has been edited with a Hindi translation by Pt. Pannalal Shastri (Bombay, 1958). This is a popular hymn, also known as Bhupala Stotra, and has been printed several times before. Jñanapiṭha Pūjāñjali edited by Dr. A. N. Upadhye and Pt. Phoolchandra is an excellent collection of a large number of devotional hymns in Sanskrit, Präkrit and Hindi (Bharatiya