Jain Literature in Kannada

SR No.: 250138
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: B K Khadabadi
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* E82 sigo cgfa afiraran T4: 4054 98 scholars have claimed that the author of this work is Kundakundacarya (Elacarya). Generally it is attributed to Valluvar ; but scholars have differed on the details of his life. Discussing all such points Prof. Pillai observes : "That he was a Jain admits of no doubt." Vide op. cit. pp. 79--88. 11. This important work, however, has not yet come to light. It is mentioned in the commen tary of Yapparungalam. Vide Prof. Pillai, op. cit., p. 139. 12. Like Dr. K. V. Ramesh, Intro, to Jaina Literature in Tamil, pp. XVIII-XIX. 13. For further details on Malayalam Literature, Vide Shipley's Encyclopaedia of Literature, New York 1946, pp. 536-539. 14. Op. cit, p. 61. 15. Vide Jainism in Kerala, Journal of Indian History, Vol. XXXV-2, 1957. 16. It is the Kuppatuc inscription of 1408 A.D. : Epigraphia Carnatica, Vol. VIII, Sb. 261. 17. The general sketch of the Jaina literature in Kannada drawn here, is mainly based on: (i) Kavicurite, Vols. 1-III by R. Narasimhachar, Bangalore 1961-63, (ii) History of Kannada Literature, by the same author, Mysore 1940. (iii) Epigraphia Carnatica, Vols I and II. (iv) Sasanapadya Manjari, by R. Narasimhachar, Bangalore 1923. 18. It is interesting to note that of the 375 Jaina epigraphs in different languages recently collected in the Jaina Silalekha Sangraha, Part V (M. D. J. Series No. 52, Delhi 1971), 110 are in Kannada : Introduction by the editor Dr. Johrapurkar, p. 15. 19. Borajisnu is mentioned by Ramacandra Mumuksu, author of the Punyasrava Kathakosa. For details on his Kannada commentary on the Aradhana, Vide 'Observations on some Sources of the Punyasrava Kathakosa,' by Dr. B. K. Khadabadi, Journal of Karnatak University (Humanities), Vol. XIV, 1970. 20. (i) There could also be some commentaries on a few important works of Kundakudacarya viz., Pancastikaya, Pravacanasara, Samayasara, Niyamasara, etc. and the Mulacara of Vatgkera. (ii) With the addition of these; the mammoth attempt at the commentarial exposition in Kannada of the early stratum of the pro-canon of the Digambaras would have been completed. 21. For all details and comparative study of this important Kannada Jaina classic, vide 'Vad daradhane ; a study,' by Dr. B. K. Khadabadi, Karnatak University, Dharwar 1977. 22. History of Kannada Literature p. 66. 23. Edited by Pt. K. Bhujabali Shastri, Bharatiya Jnanapitha, Varanasi, 1948. 24. Available in Kannada : Karnataka Kavicariteya Anukia Krtisuci, by S. Shivanna, Mysore University, 1967.