Descriptive Catalogue Of Manuscripts Vol 17 Part 05

SR No.: 018111
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parshuram Krishna Gode
Publisher: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
Publication Year: 1954
Total Pages: 330
Language: English
Classification: Catalogue & Catalogue
File Size: 19 MB

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Preface
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Appendix VIII means a classification of proper names. excludes direct references to authors and their works i. e. to say it includes names of authors when they occur in their different work. or works; and it records only such works as are referred to in a work or works other than itself e. g. Bhaktaparijña noted in Äturpraiyakhyānavivarana. This appendix excludes names pertaining to cosmological data and those of years, months and dates.
The classification of proper names coming within the range of this appendix, gives rise to ten groups noted on p. ii.
A list of kings and rulers based upon Merutunga Suri's Vicaraśreņi is given as appendix IV to Jaina Garjara Kavio ( Vol. II ).
In Pattavali Samuccaya (pt. I) we have an alphabetical list of names of (a) Tirthankaras and their apostles, (b) Jaina monks and nuns, (c) Schools, 'sects and lineages, (d) laity (Jaina & Non-Jaina), (e) Non-Jaina deities and clergy and (f) birudas (appelations).
Succession-lists of Jaina monks grouped according to their schools and sub-schools are given in Jaina Gurjara Kavio in Vol. II as appendices II & III and in Vol. III, pt. II, as appendix II.
Appendices I and II of जैन ऐतिहासिक गुर्जर काव्यसंचय furnish us with a list of the names of the Jaina clergy classified according to their schools (gacchas) and that of laity arranged according to their places respectively. This may be utilized for comparison etc.
Appendix XI of Bṛhat-kalpa-sutra (pt. V) is a list of proper names. They are grouped under 53 heads by way of Appendix XII. We are here concered with the names of the following :
(i) Deities, (ii) Kings and princes, (iii) the Jaina clergy, (iv) Schools of the Jaina clergy, (v) the Jaina laity, (vi) the Non-Jaina laity, and (vii) Castes & Lineages.
In the case of scribes and Jaina monks and nuns I have tried to give some details about them. In doing so, I have used the words pupil' and' guru'. In some cases they are not to be taken in
1 G. Buhler's work Ueber die indische Sekte der Jains (Almanach der k. Akademie der Wissneschaften, Wien, 1887) is translated into Engligh by G. Buhler. It is named "On the Indian Sect of the Jainas, with an outline of Jaina Mythology" (London, 1903),