Jain Journal 1978 01

SR No.: 520049
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publication Year: 1978
Total Pages: 36
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Jain Journal, & India
File Size: 2 MB

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JANUARY, 1978
101
Students of KKA know pretty well that these gāthās are from his Pancāstikāya and Pravacanasāra respectively. His works on Jaina ontology, eipstemology and metaphysics are so authentic that any writer who intends to deal on such topics cannot escape his influence. Naturally, the author of Voddārādhane has come under his magnetic influence. Apart from this, if the authorship of Mülācāra is decided in favour of KK, then his influence on Voddārādhare would be immense ; there are about 17 gāthās of Mulācāra in Voddārādhane.
Bandhuvarma (about 1200) is one of the important poets of Kannada. He has narrated 12 anupreksās with appropriate stories to illustrate their fruits, in his work Jivasambodhane. As already pointed out by Dr. A. N. Upadhye in his authentic introduction to Kārtikeyanuprekşā of Svami Kartikeya, KK's influence on this Kannada poet Banduvarma is quite evident. Ratnakarvarni (16th c), a famous Kannada poet, is very much influenced by KK's works. In fact, he has borrowed the very idea of Bhedavijñāna from him. There are hundreds of poems in Bharatesa Vaibhava and Sarakas, which clearly exhibit KK's influence. Ratnakaravarni is an earnest student of KK. He has expressed in poetic form what KK has narrated in unornamented prosaic style. Ratnakara is also an ardent worshipper of Simandarasvami of Purva Videha, whom he very often remembers affectionately as ‘My maste: Srimandarasvami' (simandarasvāmi nannayya).
Gāthā No. 166 cf Pañcâstikāya: arahaniasiddacediya povayanagananana bharti sampanno bandhadi punnam bahuso na hu so kammakkhayam kunadi
“By devotation to God, one gets punya in plenty but karma remains unwashed'. Ratnakara translates this both in his Bharatesa Vaibhava (17-76, 77) and in one of the poems of Aparājitaśataka :
papavasaneya punyavasaneyinda lopisi tannolu nindu a punyavanu toleyadiratma tribhuvana dipanaganu vratavante modalestu punyalesihudu suddhatmayo godolu nindavage lesalla adarinda punyapapava sariganende yidu jinavakya nambabale
This very idea is repeated in the poem avatapangalum ...... No. 109 of Aparājitaśataka.