Authorship Of Vakya Kanda Tika

Author(s): Ashok Aklujkar
Publisher: Ashok Aklujkar

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expectations in the present Vākya-kāņda-țīkā, or (c) if we found in the present Väkya-kända-ţikā quotations from or references to works or authors later than the tenth century A. D., the most likely date for Helā-rāja (Charu Deva Shastri 1930:652-653; S. Iyer 1963:xi 1969:39-40; Swaminathan 1967:23-35). As far as I am aware, such counter-evidence does not exist.
3.2 Nāgesa (circa 1670-1750 A. D.) is the earliest author known so far who mentions Punya-rāja, mostly in the form Puñja-rāja (see 5.2 below), as the author of the commentary on the second book (cf. Madhava Krishna Sarma (1942:412): See Laghumañjūşā with the commentaries Kuñcikā and Kala pp. 63, 109, 110, 148, 221, 229, 337, 344 (Abhyankar-Limaye 1965:223; cf BSS p. 137), 400-401, 403-404, 409, 413, 417-419, 421, 444, 451, 589, 609 (Abhyankar-Limaye 1965:226; cf. BSS p. 157), 612, 616, 654, 684 (Abhyankar-Limaye 1965:234; cf. BSS p. 232), 817 (AbhyankarLimaye 1965:220; cf. BSS p. 115), 1155, 1188 Abhyankar-Limaye 1965:217; cf. BSS pp. 69-70), 1367 (Abhyankar-Limaye 1965: 238; cf. BSS p. 274), 1368, 1437, 1494, 1568; and BỊhac-chabdendusekhara p. 797. However, Nāgeśa's date is later by at least sixty years than that of the earliest manuscript ascribing the commentary to Helā-rāja. Moreover, along with the commentators of his Laghu-mañjūsā (e.g. Kalä p. 113.6-7), he occasionally refers to the commentary also as Helā-rāja's work (see 3.3 below), thus indicating his manuscript sources were not unanimous on the matter of authorship.
3.3 To come to references by later authors to Helā-rāja's commentary on the second kānda, I can at present think of only the following: (a) Kaunda-bhatta, Vaiyakarana-bhūşaņa-sāra pp. 113114: ek-tin vākyam iti vadatām Vārttikakārāņāṁ mate paraṁ na (pacati bhavati Deva-datta ity-ādau nighātaḥ) vastutas tu “ekatinvišesyakam vākyam' iti tad-abhiprāyasya Helārāj yadau..... pratipăditatvāt tan mate 'pi bhavaty evety avadheyam. (b) Nāgesa, BỊhacchabdendusekhara p. 31 : tad uktam Hariņā 'pramānam eva hrasvādāv anupattam pratīyate' (Vaky apadiya 2.307cd) iti. anupāltam api [ardha-]mātrā-rūpam pramāņam evopalaks yata ity artha iti Helā-rājaḥ. (c) Nāgeśa, [Laghu-]śabdaratna p. 29 (Abhyankar-Limaye 1965:231): Harir apy āha "pramānam eva hrasvādāv anupāttañ pratiyate' (Vakyapadiya 2.307cd).
1. (a) I assume here that Nāgesa is the real author of the [Laghu-]šabda-ratna,
not Hari Dikṣita. (b) My notes show that Nāgesa refers to Helā-rāja as the author of the commentary on the second book also on Laghu-manj ūsā, pp. 1133 and 1161. However, due to the unavailability of the edition from which I noted these pages, I am at present unable to verify the references.