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A Brief Introduction to Karma Literature
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...Svopaja Vritti and Malayagiri's commentary. Svopaja Vritti is nine thousand verses long and Malayagiri's commentary is eighteen thousand verses long.
Ancient Shat Karma Pramanya - Devendra Suri's Karmagranth is called Malina Karma Pramanya, while their basic old Karmagranth is called Ancient Karma. There are six such ancient Karmagranth and they are the works of different Acharyas like Shivsharm Suri. Their names are as follows:
(1) Karmavipak, (2) Kastab, (3) Randhaswamitva, (4) Parshiti, (5) Shatak, (6) Maptatika.
The author of Karmavipak is Gargaghi. His time is probably the 8th century Vikram. There are three commentaries available for Karmavipak - Garmanand Suri's commentary, Udayaprasamuri's commentary and an anonymous commentary. All three commentaries seem to be from the 12th-13th century Vikram.
The author of Kamrata is Amapt. There are two commentaries and two commentaries on it. One commentary is by Govindacharya and the other is by Abhayaprabhamuri in the form of a commentary. The time of composition of both is probably the 13th century Vikram.
The author of Bandhaswamitva is also unknown. It has a commentary by Haribhadrasuri, which was written in 1112 Vikram Samvat.
Parshipti is the work of Jinavallabhamणि and was written in the 12th century Vikram. There are two anonymous commentaries and many commentaries on it. The commentators include Haribhadrasuri and Malayagiri. Its other name is Agamikayastuvicarsar Prakaran.
The author of Shatak is Shivsharm Suri. There are three commentaries, one commentary and three commentaries on it. There are two short commentaries and the author of the large commentary is Poswarhari. The name of the commentator is unknown. One of the three commentaries is by Mal
Dhari Hemchandra (12th century Vikram), the second by Udayaprabhamuri and ... the third by Gunaratnamuri (15th century Vikram).