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This case of pia fraus must teach the histroians of Indian literature to be careful before accepting the authorship of works not warranted by outer and inner criterions. Just the last three decenniums have brought to light such works the genuity and age of which is still a matter of debate. This doubt does not concern the Nitiv. though much will have to be done before a critical text will be in the hands of the readers. A doubt in the above mentioned sense seems the less admissible as a new Commentary has been found. Pt. Bhujabalīji Sastril had the good fortune to come across a palm-leaf Manuscript of a Kannada Commentary on the Nītiv. by Neminātha in the Jainachátrāvāsa at Karakal. Neminátha was a pupil of Viranandi, a pupil of Meghachandra. Both these Jaina savants are known from Incriptions at Sravaņa Belgola. The time of Neminātha is, according to Pt. Bhujabali the beginning of 13th cent. A. D. It is to be hoped that this Commentary though it may be based on a previous Sanskrit Commentary, will be published. By that publication on the problems connected with the Nītivákyámộta of Somadeva and the Commentaries upon this interesting work a new light will be thrown.
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धर्म और समाज ले० श्री पं० अयोध्यासिंह उपाध्यायजी हरिऔध
प्रो. हिन्दु विश्वविद्यालय-काशी.
छप्पै हरे अज्ञतातिमिर ज्ञान की ज्योति जगावे,
बने कलह का काल प्रेम का पाठ पढ़ावे । सोतों को दे जगा बाद आंखों को खोले,
नीति-तुला पर सदा सकल भावों को तोले ॥ है धर्म वही जो बहुसुखित जन जन को करता रहे,
जिससे समाज की रगों में नव सञ्जीवन रस वहे ।।
1 Jaina - Bhaskara.Siddhant (The Jain Antiquary) 1935), II, 1, p. 26ff.
Shatabdi Granth ]
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