Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts Asiatic Society Vol 13 Part 03

SR No.: 020283
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Asiatic Society
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 138
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 7 MB

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304 2611 गुणमाला (Gupamālā)
with the commentary by Rāmavijaya. Substance : Country-made paper. 10x4 inches. Folia 49. Lines, 17 on a page. Extent in ślokas, 2000. Character, Jaina Nāgari. Appearance, discoloured. Complete.
Guņamālā is a Jaina work on the moral qualities and intellectual attainments, necessary for the ācārya, the upādhyāya, the sādhu, the parameşți and the śrāvaka. It gives also stories in illustration and enumerate things which are to be discarded.
Though a Prāksta work, it makes mangalācarana in Sanskrit. The mahgalācaraṇa of the text
प्रत्यक्षीकृत्य शुक्ताविव शुचिरुचिरं मौक्तिकं येन लोके मध्येऽलोकं समस्तैर्वसुभिरुपचितो दर्शितश्चारुदृग्भ्यः । निन्ये भव्याध्यनीना बलिरमृतपदं येन वांमानतोऽपि
स श्रीसिद्धार्थसूनु स्त्रिजगदधिपतिर्मानसं मे पुनातु ॥ Then begins the comm. स श्रीसिद्धार्थसूनुः सिद्धार्थ राजपुत्र इत्यादि ।
The text has four verses of mangalācaraņa. In 6B we get the gāthās which enumerate the guņas of the Acārya. The first of them which is really the beginning of the text, runs thus
तथाहि देसकुलजाइरूवे संघयणधि ईजुकुअण संयी।
अधिकच्छणे अमाई थिरपरिवादी गहियवक्को ॥१॥ The accompanying commentary is an exhaustive one. In the course of explaining the 33rd guņa, namely an intimate knowledge of all the Jaina and the other samayas, it fully notices all the different systems of philosophy notably that of the Bauddhas. It places Sāökhya among the systems which recognize God as a Tattva, and mentions Bphaspati as first propounder of a Godless system of philosophy.
31A, एतानि सर्वाण्यपि दर्शनानि आस्तिकानि । अथ नास्तिकमतमपि किंचित् प्रदर्श्यते । एतन्मतं तु केनचिबृहस्पति नाम्ना पंडितेनोपदिष्टमतो बाईम्पायमित्युच्यते ।
33A, इत्युपाध्याय रामविजयगणिविरचितायां गुणमालायामाचार्यगुण व्याख्यानं समाप्तम् ॥
In dealing with the Upadhyāya who should be qualified adequately to teach the scriptures, this commentary presents an excellent review of the Aågasūtras.