Bruhat Katha kosha

SR No.: 016060
Original Sutra Author: Harishen Acharya
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Publication Year: 1943
Total Pages: 566
Language: Prakrit, Sanskrit
Classification: Dictionary & Dictionary
File Size: 16 MB

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BRHAT-KATHĀKOŠA
term Ārādhanā covers a wide range of dogmatical and ethico-religious discussion to which small and big texts have been devoted. The subject is undoubtedly of immense interest to a monk who wants to win the spiritual battle; naturally both ancient and modern authors have composed works dealing with the Aradhanā topics. The Mūlācāra, as noted above, refers to the Arādhană-niryukti, but the text has not come down to us. Among the ten Païņņas, Āürapaccakkhāna, Mahāpaccakkhāņa, Bhattapariņņā and Maranasamāhi deal with this topic in its different aspects. The Bhagavati Arādhanā is a big work entirely devoted to the discussion about Ārādhanā. It belongs to the earliest stratum of Digambara literature; Païñņas and Nijjuttis have much common with it; and undoubtedly they contain much matter that antedates the division of the Jaina church into Digambara and Svetāmbara. Before we take up the study of Bha. A. in more details, we will enumerate here, mainly on the authority of the Jinaratnakośa, different Arādhanā texts with some information about their authors and contents.
Ārādhanā: It is composed about Samyat 1629 by Ajitadevasūri, pupil of Maheśvarasüri of the Cāndragaccha.'
Ārādhanā (Srāvaka.): It is composed in Samvat 1669 by Samaya. sundara, pupil of Sakalacandra of the Kharataragaccha.
Ārādhanā. (Paryanta.): It is written by Somasuri in 70 Prākrit gāthās, and is often included in the list of Prakīrņakas. It is commented upon by Vinayavijayagani and by Vinayasundaragani (Samvat 1649).
Aradhanā (-Pañcaka): It is a pretty big text in Prākrit dealing with fourfold Arādhana.
Arădhana : The Jinaratnakośa records a couple of anonymous texts : one is in Prākrit, beginning with pañamiya narinda-devinda-vandiyan, and the other is composed in Samyat 1592. .
Arădhană-kulaka : Four texts of this name are recorded: The first begins with aloyanovayāram, has got 85 gāthās, and is composed by Abhayadevasūri, the famous commentator who flourished in the middle of the rith century A.D.; the second begins with dānāï-caüvviha and is also called Samārādhanā-kulaka ; the third, noted by Peterson, contains 69 gāthăs;' and the fourth contains 17 igāthās and opens with savvaṁ bhante pānāim.
Arādhanāpatākä: This contains 990 gāthis and was composed by Virabhadrasūri in Samyat 1078 (atthuttarime samā-sahassammi). The author admits his indebtedness to earlier works, and the text contains many gāthās common with Bhatta parinnā, Piņdanijutti and other works. Being a dated work its text and contents deserve a critical comparison with other Arādhanā works.
1 Desai: Jaina Sāhityano Itihāsa, p. 585. 2 Catalogue of Mss. at Pattan vol. I, pp. 303, 391 etc. 3 Peterson: Reports IV, p. iii, etc.
4 Reports III, p. 24. Jain Education International