Books and Papers

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

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9. Authorship of the Svarupa-sambodhana (Annals of the B.O.R.I., XIII, 1, pp. 88-91, Poona, 1932).
Tradition accepts Akalanka as the author of the Svarupasambodhana; and even Vimala, the author of the Saptabhangitarangini has adopted this tradition. It is shown in this note that this tradition is questioned by a Kannada commentary on it and by Padmaprabha's commentary on Niyamasara which state that Mahasena is the author. Then a modest attempt is made to settle the period of Mahasena by distinguishing him from three other Mahasenas.
10. A Note on Trivikrama's Date (Annals of the B.O.R.I., XIII, 2, pp. 171-2, Poona, 1932).
In the light of some of the lately published Inscriptions, more definite limits are put to the age of Trivikrama, the Prakrit grammarian, who must have flourished at the latest early in the beginning of the 13th century A.D.
11. Asaga, his Works and Date (Karnatak Historical Quarterly. II, pp. 42-7, Dharwar, 1932).
Asaga is repeatedly praised by Kannada authors like Pouma, Nayasena and Acanna, but as yet no Kannada work of Asaga has come to light. Two Sanskrit works of Asaga are known: Vardhamanacarita and Santipurana. The various details about Asaga from the prasastis of these two works are put together. The doubt is cleared that Asaga mentioned Saivat era and he flourished in the middle of the 9th century A.D.
12. An Old Prefatory Gloss on Istopadesa (Annals of the B.O.R.I., XIII, 1, pp. 86-7, Poona, 1932).
A scrutinising study of Asadhara's Sanskrit commentary on the Istopadesa of Pujyapada leads us to the conclusion that Asadlara is not the first to write a commentary on that work and that he has incorporated in his commentary some earlier gloss consisting of short prefatory statements possibly composed by Pujyapada himself to make the context clear.
13. Yapaniya Sangha: A Jaina Sect (The J.U.B.. I. 4, pp. 224-31, Bombay, May 1933).
The Jaina church was subjected to many schismatic divisions almost from the days of Mahavira. Even in the main divisions