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
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The last of these is only another nanie of Yasastilakachampū, for a full analysis of wnich a reference may be made to Dr. Peterson's II Peport, pp.33-49. The first three are not otherwise known. In the first part of the colophon above quoted Somadeva has been styled Tarkika-chakravarttin and hence a work by him on Nyāya may also be expected. In the Stotra. chatusthayaţikā Vidrānanda makes frequent references to and quotations from Dhyāna-paddhati of Somadera Suri. This may be another work by our author. What make Somadeva's works of a very great importance are the learning of the author which they reflect and the masterly style in which they are composed. The prose of Yaśastilaka vies with that of Bana and the poetry at places with that of Magha. The Nitiväkyāmrita is a sort of work second only to the lately discovered Artha-sästra of Chanakya, whom Somadeva very much imitates both in matter as well as style. From the colophon of Yaśastilaka we learn that the author wrote in the Saka year 881 (Siddhartha Saivatsara) during the reign of Krishnaraja III (of. Peterson's II Report, pp. 47-49 and 156).
Among the Kārañjá manuscripts a commentary "Sabdärnavachandrika" on Jainendra Vyakarana is mentioned as donc by Somadeva. But this Somadeva is to be distinguished from the author of Yasastilaka, as is evident from the following colophon of the work refered to:--
स्वस्ति श्री कोल्लापुरदेशांतर्वा जुरिकामहास्थाने युधिष्ठिरावतार महामण्डलेश्वरगंडरादित्यदेवनिर्मापित त्रिभुवनतिलकजिनालये श्रीमत्परमपरमेष्टि श्रीनेमिनाथश्रीपादपद्माराधितबलेन वादीभवज्रांकशश्रीविशाल कीर्तिपंडितदेववैयावृतस्यतः (१) श्रीमच्छिलाहारकुलकमलमार्तण्डतेज पुंजराजाधिराजपरमेश्वरपरमभट्टारकपश्चिमचक्रवर्ति श्रीवीरभोजदव विजयराज्ये शकवकसहस्रैकशतसप्तविंशतितमे क्रोधनसंवत्सेर स्वस्ति समस्तानवद्यविद्याचक्रवर्तिश्रीपूज्यपादपदानुसक्तचेतसा श्री सोमदेवेन मुनीश्वरेण विरचितेयं शब्दार्णवचन्द्रिका नाम वृत्तिरिति संपूर्णा जाता।
This proves that the author of Sabdarnavachandrika was a protégé of the Silāhāra prince Virabhojadeva, and wrote the work in the Saka year 1127 (Krodhana samvatsara ) A.D. 1049. The Vardhamāna-charita of this poet has been noticed,
and an extract from it published by Dr. Peterson in his IV Report, pp. 163-164.
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