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B. Paniniya School
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Subject - A very ancient and diffuse commentary on the well
known Kāśikāvřitti on Pāņini's Ashţādhyāyi, familiarly known as the Kāśikā-Nyāsa.
Ends-Adhyaya -
अत्र वावसान इत्योवसानग्रहणमनुवर्तते ॥ इति श्रीबोधिसत्त्वदेशीयाचार्यजिनेंद्रबुद्धिपादविरचितायां काशिकाविवरणपंजिकायां प्रथमाध्यायस्य चतुर्थः पादः समाप्तः इति प्रथमोध्यायः समाप्तः॥ श्रीकान्हासरोग्राम ॥ श्रीखरतरगच्छाधिप-युगप्रधान-श्रीमज्जिनचंद्रसूरिशिष्य-श्रीपुण्यप्रधानोपाध्यायैरलेखि ॥ शिष्य प. सुमतिसागरगणि-शिष्यपंडित साधुरंग पं. ज्ञानचंद्रमुन्योः पठनाय ॥ श्रीरस्तु लेखकपाठ कयोः॥ संवत् १६८२ वर्षे ॥ वैशाखशुक्लाष्टम्यां ॥
End of Adhyāya V
इति श्रीबोधिसत्त्वदेशीयः... ॥ श्रीरस्तु॥ सवाईयुगप्रान-श्रीमजिणचंद्रसूरिवराणां शिष्यमुख्यवक्ष-श्रीपुण्यप्रधानोपाध्या(या)नामुपदेशेन । स्वशिष्य पं० सुमतिसागरगणिभिलिलिखे । शिष्य पं. साधुरंग पं. ज्ञानचंद्रमुन्योः पठनार्थम् ॥ श्रीस्तंभतीर्थे ॥ श्रीस्तंभनकपार्श्वप्रसादाचिरं नंदता. दयं ग्रंथः॥ श्री॥
Reference - A complete Ms. of this work is yet a desideratum,
although the Jaina matha at Srāvana Belgola is said to contain a complete Ms. of the same written in ancient Kannada characters on palm leaves, and another incomplete Ms. also on palm leaves but in Nāgara characters. (Cf. Catalogue of Sk. Mss. in Mysore and Coorg by Rice, p. 307.) The six Mss., we have, give us a complete text for Adhyāyas 1, 2, 4 and 5, and a nearly complete one for Adhyâya 7. The remaining Adhyayas are wanting. The I. O. Ms. No. 603 gives a few sūtras of Adhyāya VIII, pāda 4. The Goy. Or. Mss. Library Madras (No. 1323, of the Descriptive Catalogue, Vol. III) contains the 4th pāda of Adhyāya VI. R. Mitra in his Notices, Vol. VI, No. 2075, reports of the existence of another which extends continuously from Adhyāya II to VII. 2 complete; while No. 2076 is a commentary called तन्त्रप्रदीप by महामहोपाध्यायमैत्रयरक्षित, extending
