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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
SECTION I
CRITICAL REMARKS ON THE PRINTED TEXT OF PAUMACARIYAM EDITED BY Dr. H. JACOBI
I have based my studies on the Text of Paumacariyam edited by Dr. H. Jacobi and published by the Jaina Dharmaprasaraka Sabha, Bhavanagara, in 1941 A. D. During my studies I came across some errors, mistakes and inconsistencies in the text. It would have been valuable to go through all the available manuscripts of Paumacariyam for preparing a critical edition of it. But that was a big task beyond the scope of my thesis. In the absence of an examination of the readings of various manuscripts, it would be hazardous to suggest corrections for what appeared to me to be defective readings in the printed text. Therefore, I have limited my suggestions for corrections to only those portions where they appeared to be quite obvious for consistency of topics, clarity in meaning, grammatical accuracy and regularity in metres. As regards these corrections, the Padmacaritam of Ravişeņa has also been very helpful. Other defects have been merely pointed out.
The defective portions, verses and words and my suggestions thereon are as follows:
A. Consistency:
*The contents of 1.65 should have occurred after 'vijjāņaṁ ciya lambham' in 1.58a in order to agree with the sequence of the topics described in the text.
14.15 to 14.98 should be 15.15 to 15.98. It is a printing mistake. The portions have been interchanged by oversight.
*98.38 should come after 99.4 and 98.39 to 98.55 should follow 99.5 (see PCR, 101.64-68 and 102.12-53). *98.38 and 99.2 are unsuited. Their correction necessitates help of some fresh manuscripts.
114. 27-29 needs correction in order to agree with the traditional age of Lakṣmaṇa (see PCV, 114. 29 and PCR, 119. 48-50).
*This mark indicates that the relevant portions in the Paumacariyam published from Prakrit Text Society, Varanasi, in 1962 A. D. and 1968 A. D. also need revision. Some of them can be corrected with the help of 'variant readings' noted under Appendix 7 of that edition.
