Aspect of Jainology Part 2 Pandita Bechardas Doshi

Author(s): M A Dhaky, Sagarmal Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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THE SĂRADIPIKĀ AND THE SĀRABODHINI
T. S. Nandi
The Sāradipika (=SD) of Gunaratnagani on the Kavya-prakāfa (=KP) of Mammața (ullāsas I-VI), edited by the present author, was published by the Gujarat University in 1976. Almost simultaneously the KP with three commentaries, namely the Balacittanuranjani (= Bala) of Narahari Sarasvatitirtha, the Sarabodhini (=Sabo) of Srivatsalañcchana Bhattācārya, and Kavya-prakāšadarpana (ullasas III-VI) of Visvanātha, was published by the Gangānātha Jhā KendriyaSaṁskṛta-Vidyapitha, Allahabad, in 1976 (eds. Goparaju Rama and Jagannath Pathak), The present author had suggested in his edition that Gunaratna was influenced by various commentaries on the KP, and the Bāla and Sabo were the major sources of inspiration. The Bala had such a tremendous influence on Gunaratna that the editor thought it wiser to edit the Bala also in the appendix. Actually, the Bāla on KP (I-III & X) was earlier edited by S. S. Sukthakar. So, the present author thought it advisable to publish only the portion covering the ullāsas IV & V. He also suggested how Gunaratna was influenced by other commentaries including the Sabo. He has completed his work on the remaining portion of the KP, i. e. ullasas VII-X and this paper attempts to bring out the influence wielded by the Sabo on the SD on KP VII-X only. (The references to the Sabo are to the Allahabad edition '76).
It will be noticed how Gunaratna at times preserves better readings and even fills up the lacuna left out in the Allahabad edition. Thus SD proves a most important research tool, indeed a control, for editing other commentaries on the KP. Gunaratna has heavily relied on the Bala, the Sābo being only next to it, with as many as 105 instance from ullasa VII, and 11, 33 and 26 from ulläsas VIII, IX and X respectively. We will examine only some illustrations in what follows.
Ullása VII Sāradipikā (S. D.)
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Ulläsa VII Sārabodhini-(Sā.bo.)
(Allahabad edn. 76) (1) The words in the [ ] in the S. D. are added by the editor with the help of the Sā. bo. (P. 203), and ( ) suggests the amendation following the same which reads as :
-अर्थत्वं तु शब्दजन्यसाक्षात्कारविषयत्वम् । काव्यादन्यतः शब्दान्न सुखस्य प्रत्यक्षता किन्तु शाब्दत्वमेव । शब्दे तज्जन्य साक्षात्कारविषयनातिव्याप्तिवारकं मुख्यपदं उक्तम् ।
Gunaratna has प्रत्यक्षविषयतया in place of THE faqaat of the Sa. bo,