Books and Papers

Author(s): A N Upadhye
Publisher: Hindi Granth Ratnakar

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7. Dr. Pathak's View on Anantavirya's Date (Annals of the
B.O.R.I., XIII, 2, pp. 161-70, Poona, 1932).
The late lamented Dr. K. B. Pathak referred to Anantavirya as a commentator of Parikṣāmukha of Manikyanandi and also as the author of a commentary on the Nyayaviniścayālaṁkāra of Akalanka and assigned him to the close of the 10th century A.D. After collecting the available data it is shown in this paper that Anantavirya, the commentator of Akalanka's works, is altogether different from Anantavirya, the commentator of Parikṣāmukha. The first flourished probably in the first quarter of the 8th century A.D. (sometime after Akalanka but before Prabhācandra) while the second Anantavirya comes sufficiently later than Prabhacandra whose Prameyakamala-martanda he summarises in his commentary. The second Anantavirya flourished probably at the close of the 11th century A.D. To make the matters clear various authors bearing the name Anantavirya are listed with adequate references from inscriptions, etc. It is shown how some Anantaviryas are confounded one for the other. In a foot-note are discussed the limits for the age of Akalanka.
8. Subhacandra and his Prakrit Grammar (Annals of the B.O.R.I., XIII, 1, pp. 37-58, Poona, 1932).
It was in 1873 that Hoernle, with only two chapters of Subhacandra's Prakrit grammar in his hands, published a query in the Indian Antiquary II, to know whether any other Ms. existed anywhere else. As far as it is known, the query has remained unanswered for so many years. Here is presented all the available information about Subhacandra, the Prakrit grammarian, who is distinguished from seven other Subhacandras about whom information is gathered from epigraphic and literary sources. His spiritual ancestors and works are discussed in details. From some quotations available from Sanskrit commentaries it is shown that there must have been a Prakrit grammar written in Prakrit though none like that is available today. Then follows an analysis of Subhacandra's Prakrit grammar from a Ms. newly discovered; and its contents are compared with those of the Prakrit grammars of Hemacandra and Trivikrama. At the end some extracts are given.