Book Title: Comparative Study of Language of Shatkhandagama and Pravachansara
Author(s): K R Chandra
Publisher: Z_Nirgrantha_1_022701.pdf and Nirgrantha_2_022702.pdf and Nirgrantha_3_022703.pdf
________________ Vol. III, 1997-2002 The Comparative Study.... 23 Therefore the date of composition of SA. is younger than that of the PS. Thus Kundakundacarya happens to have lived a few centuries before the composition of the Satkhandagama. [As we have observed on Dr. Chandra's learned paper he contributed to the Jambujyoti where, too, these two works were involved in comparison, his analysis and, as its result, the date-determinations made can be valid only after removing the earlier verses incorporated in the Pravacanasara. -Editors) Annotations : 1. SA = Satkhandagama, Ed. H.L. Jain, Amravati 1939. 2. PS = Pravacanasara Ed. A. N. Upadhye, Agas 1964. 3. See Siddha-Haima-sabdanusasana, 8.4. 260, 261, 263, 269, 270, 274, 275, 277, 282 and 285. 4. The editor has made use of four works (as Mss A, P, C And K) containing the text and commentary in Sanskrit. These Mss are of the 19th and 20th century A. D. and they were copied from Mss of 15th 18th century A. D. While editing the PS he has not given preference to any work (Ms.) for adopting a particular texual reading. 5. "I am inclined to believe, after this long survey of the available material, that Kundakunda's age lies at the beginning of the Christian era". Introduction, p. 21, Pravacanasara. 6. PS "Intro.," pp. 106-120. 7. SA Vol. I, Book 1, Preface, pp. 78-87. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
