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________________ XLV THE GLOSS AND ITS AUTHORSHIP XLV The Adipurana tippana begins प्रणम्य वीरं विबुधेन्द्रसंस्तुतं निरस्तदोपं वृषभं महोदयम् / पदार्थसंदिग्धजनप्रबोधकं महापुराणस्य करोमि टिप्पणम् // It ends समस्तसंदेहहरं मनोहरं प्रवृष्टपुण्यप्रभवं जिनेश्वरम्।। कृतं पुराणे प्रथमे सुटिप्पणं सुखावबोधं निखिलार्थदर्पणम् // इति श्रीप्रभाचन्द्रविरचितमादिपुराणटिप्पणकं पञ्चाशत्-श्लोकहीनसहस्रद्वयपरिमाण परिसमाप्तम् / / The Uttarapurana ends तत्वाधारमहापुराण गमनद्योती जनानन्दनः सर्वप्राणिमनःप्रमेदपटुताप्रस्पष्टवाक्यैः करैः। भव्यान्जप्रतिबोधकः समुदितो भूभृत्प्रभाचन्द्रत: जीयाट्टिप्पणकः प्रचण्डतरणिः सर्वार्थमग्रद्युतिः // श्रीजयसिंहदेवराज्ये श्रीमद्धारानिवासिना परापरपरमेष्ठिप्रणामोपार्जितामलपुण्यनिराकृताखिलमलकलंकेन श्रीप्रभाचन्द्रपण्डितेन महापुराणटिप्पणके शतत्रयाधिकसहस्रत्रयपरिमाण कृतमिति / From these extracts we learn that the author of the Mahapurana-tippana was Prabhacandra Pandita, a resident of Dhara who wrote during the reign of Jayasimhadeva. Obviously, this king is identical with Jayasimha of the Paramara dynasty who succeeded king Bhoja on the throne of Dhara, and for whom we have a copperplate grant of Vikrama Samvat 1112 equivalent to 1055 A.D. (Ep. Ind. III p. 86 ). This same Prabhacandra is, no doubt, the author of a commentary on the Prameya-kamala-martanda, which he wrote under Bhoja.. Unfortunately, I had no time to examine these voluminous works so closely as to find out where the author had explained the eighteen jatis, but it appears to me that the tippana on the Nagakumaracarita was written by this same Prabhacandra about 1055 A. D. that is, less than a century later than the composition of the work itself. This gloss has been very helpful to me generally throughout the work and particularly in construing a few obscure lines and phrases. In all, it explains about two thousand words and phrases of the text mostly by giving a Sanskrit synonym or paraphrase. I have made full use of these comments in preparing the glossary and the notes. The glosses from the three MSS. of NKC, are reproduced in this new edition in a consolidated form. PP.AC.Gunratnasuri M.S. Jun Gun Aaradhak Trust
| SR No. | 036460 |
| Book Title | Nag Kumar Charita |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Pushpadant Mahakavi |
| Publisher | Bharatiya Gyanpith |
| Publication Year | 1972 |
| Total Pages | 352 |
| Language | Hindi, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 337 MB |