Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts In the Central Provinces and Berar

SR No.: 011132
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Rai Bahaddur Hiralal
Publisher: Central Provins and Berar
Total Pages: 887
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 27 MB

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XV.
Vasunandi in his Sravakāchara gives the following genea. logy of himself:
Kunda kundacharya
Srinandi
Nayanandi
Nemichandra
Vasunandi.
In his "Achara vritti", the commentary on Malachāra, Vasunandi quotes five verses from Amitagati's Upăsakachiara, while on the other hand one gatha from his Sravakachära has been quoted by Aadhara in his "Sågäradharmamrita". The dates of Amitagati and Asadhara are V. S. 1050 and 1250, respectively. Hence Vasunandi must have lived between these two dates.
This work has been noticed by Dr. Peterson in his Trailokya Prajñapti
; IV Report, on page 150 from which an extract
of 1 and 3 verses has been published. Dr. Peterson gives Subhachandra as the name of the author, but it is not shown whence he got it. It is possible that the name was found in the colophon which Dr. Peterson omits to reproduce in full. If so, it might as well be the name of the scribe. The extract given by Dr. Peterson is very brief. Apparently he omitted the verse preceding the gathả quoted by him
Tour 9, etc. But it is just possible that the verse did not occur in the manuscript examined by Dr. Peterson, for the gatha ETT 9, etc, is numbered 80 in his extract while in the Karanja manuscript that verse is numbered 81. It is as follows:
पणमहजिणवर वसहं गणहरवसहं तहेवगुणवसहं । दट्टण परिसवसहं जदिवसहं धम्मसुत्तपाढए वसहं ॥ ८१ ॥
This verse seems to imply that the author's name was "Jadi Vasaha" or "Yati Vrishabha," and the inference seems to be borne out by the following gathā which refers to "Charni". Yativpishabha is also known to be the author of "Chorni sutra" containing 6,000 Slokas which is included in the "Jayadhavala tika" of Sripāla. Trailokya Prajnapti is a Prakrit work of nine adhikaras or chapters all equal to 8,000 slokas.lt describes the mortal, stellar, infernal and other regions, and at places also touches on historical points. One of the most important mentions that it makes, is about "Kalki" whose death