International Journal Of Jaina Studies Vol 01 To 03 2005 To 2007

SR No.: 022773
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Peter Flugel
Publisher: Hindi Granth Karyalay
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 202
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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the commentary by the grace of Devanandin!? Hence, he was a junior conteynporary most probably a disciple, of the latter. If this Devanandin is the same as Pūjyapāda Devanandin the author of the Jainendravyākarana and several Jain works, the commentator's time cannot be later than the end of the seventh century.
There is yet another source for the root text, at least for a large part of it: Muni Jinavijaya (1958) has published an inferior recension of the Praśnaryūkarana with a very brief commentary, under the title Jayaprākrta. Like the keepers of his manuscript, who labeled it with the name Javapāhuda, he did non even suspect that what he had found had a direct link with the original Praśnavvākarana. As he admitted in his introduction, the text belonged to a distinct genre and every line in the manuscript was corrupt and suspect. He was not even sure about the title. He printed the whole text with Javapāhuda at the top of each page but chose the title Jayapāvada on the cover, ignoring the name Praśnavyākarana found in the final colophon. In his introduction he promises to return to this issue with more material in future, but I am not aware of any of his subsequent publications related to praśnavidyā. He does not give precise details of the manuscript in his book, but if possible it would be nice to locate and use the Jaisalmer manuscript in future studies.
The discovery of this new text of the Praśnavyākarana highlights divination as the focus of the original Praśnavyākarana. As the descriptions of the three sutras cited i the beginning of this article indicate, the original Praśnavyäkarana was largely concerned with this matter, but not exclusively. The recently discovered text, however, focuses on divination exclusively; it does not contain legends. It is not simple to answer why and how it is so, but it is hoped that matters will be clearer after a thorough study of the contents of the new text.
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Acharya, Diwakar 2004. "Cataloguing Nepalese Manuscripts: Challenges and Rewards."
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Fol. 14715-v2: kälatravam(sic)vibhägärtham idam sisyahiraya ca. krta tikä mahābhäga darśanajvolám sic)samjiital avvaktapadavākvärthavvakta(sic)dāhrtapesalā, Devanandiprasadena krievam Jiabhogma !
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