Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscript in the Central Provinces and Berar

SR No.: 011136
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Total Pages: 491
Language: English
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 36 MB

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The spiritual genealogy of Vadichandra as given in the colophon of Pārsva-purāņa and other works is as follows:
Padmanandi
Devendrakīrtti
Vidyānandi
Mallibhushana
Lakshmichandra
Virachandra
Jbānabhushana
Prabhachandra
Vadichandra.
In the manuscript of Sulochana-charita we are told that the author belonged to Huṁvada caste and to the village Rānara lying on the bank of the river Tāpi. Separate mention is due to a series of Prakrit poets of the
oth and i1th centuries and after. The Apabhramấa works. Prakrit literature of the Jains is of special importance and interest, because there in alone is preserved the Prakrit language in all its varied forms through its long course of at least a thousand years till it emerges ont in the form of modern vernaculars. The mediaval Prakrit which is the immediate mother of the Northern vernaculars has been called Apabhramsa. No literature of this language has so far been published, and it has rarely been studied. Dr. Hermann Jacobi of the University of Bonn has recently brought out a work of this language- Bhavishyadatta-charita of Dhanapala, with a long introduction in German, in which he is said to have discussed the characteristics of the language. Except for this book, the works noticed below are altogrther new finds. Their importance consists not so much in their subject matter as in the form of language which they exhibit.
The characteristics of the latter as illustrated by the extı acts published herewith, are mainly the following: -
I.Disappearance of many case and conjugational signs and terminations. The nominative and accusative are indicated by 3 or 5 and the genitive by < or ETI
II.-Appearance of many local dialectal words which become current in modern vernaculars, but for which strictly speaking no Sanskrit equivalents exist.