Jaina Bibliography Part 1

SR No.: 016035
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 1070
Language: English
Classification: Dictionary & Dictionary
File Size: 17 MB

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Paksikasūtravștti by Yaśodevasūri. Prajnapanäpradeśavyakhya by Haribhadra. Vicārasāra by Jinavallabhagaņi. Satakavşlti, of Hemacandra.
Śabdanuśāsana, with commentary of Malayagiri. Saptatīkā with commentary of Malayagiri.
G. BUHLER. Über eine kürzlich für die Wiener Universitāt erworbene Sammlung voh sanskritund prakrithandschriften-Wien, 1881 (Sitzungsberichte der phil. hist. Classe der Kais. Akademie der Wissenschaften).
General survey on the Jaina manuscripts acquired by BÜHLER for the University of Vienna. Short review on the celebrated Jaina commentators, Sīlāņkācārya, Abhayadeva and Malayagiri. Special review on Hemacandra, and in particular on his "Caulukyavamsadyāśrayamahākāvya”, where there is a talk of the princes of the Cālukya dynasty which reigned in Guzrat from the middle of the 10th century to the middle of the 12th century.
Long review on Dhanapāla, after the biography of this last, inserted by Merutunga in his "Prabandhacintamaņi”. Quotation, with translation, from the commentary written by Dhanapāla on the "Caturvimšatikā" of Sobhana.
Conclusions on the biography of Dhanapala :
Originally coming from a family of Madhyadeśa, he was the brother of Sobhana, and their father was named Sarvadeva, he composed his lexicon entitled "Päiyalacchi" in the year 1029 of the era Vikrama (972 A.D.) List of the Jain manuscripts acquired by Bühler. These manuscripts, numbering 74, have reference to following categories :
Angas
13 mss. Mülasūtras
6 mss.
Upāngas
10 mss.
5 mss. Stuti 3 mss. Works
Prakirnas
21 mss.
Chedasūtras
2 mss. Legends
9 mss.
Nandisutra
1 mss. Diverse Treatises 4 mss.
List of canonical books of the Jains. This list has been set up for BÜHLER by a yati savant in 1871, and reviewed afterwards by different Jain masters, among other Jinamuktisūri, of the Kharatara sect.