Gandharavada

Author(s): Esther A Solomon
Publisher: Gujarat Vidyasabha

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giving an easy interpretation of the original text. So Hemacandra's vrtti was a welcome addition, especially in view of its simple charming style. Upadeśamālāsūtra in 505 Prakrit gathas, also called Kusumamálā by the author himself, deals with charity, conduct (celebacy), etc and reveals the secret of religion to the curious reader. Upadeśamālāvivarana is a commentary in Sanskrit on the Upadeśamala. It is interspersed profusely with tales in Prakrit prose and verse to illustrate the basic virtues. Jivasamāsavivaraña is a commentary on Jivasamāsa by some early Acārya. In this work the fourteen guṇasthānas (stages of spiritual development) are discussed, and Hemacandra in his commentary besides clarifying a number of subtle points has given a thorough treatment of the jiva. Bhavabhāvanāsūtra in 531 Prakrit gatbās deals predominantly with bhayabhāvanā (contemplation on metempsychosis) of the twelve bhāvānas, though Hemacandra seizes the opportunity of referring briefly to the other bhāvanās also. Bhavabhāvanā vivaraņi is a lengthy commentary in Sanskrit on the above work by the author himself. It too like Upadešamālāvivarana is full of tales, but the author has very wisely given tales other than those related in the Upadeśamālāvivarana. The two trgether provide a very good collection of tales, espccially of those pertaining to the code of conduct in Jainism, though not without interest to others. This commentary was composed in Vikram Samvat 1170 as the author himself says at the end :
Saptatyadhikaikādaśavarşašatair Vikramad atikrāntaih;
nişpannā vrttie iyam Śrāvaņa - ravi- pañcamidivase. No copy of Nandițippaña has been found, nor is it referred to anywhere. Like the Avaśyaka-tippaņa it must have been a commentary on the Nandītīkā of Haribhadra, dealing with five kinds of knowledge. Hemacandra himself has referred to this work as one written by him at the end of the Višeşā vaśyakavivarana, his last work.
Višeşāvaśyaka-vivarana is a very popular commentary on . the Višeşā vaśyakabhāşya, which we have incorporated in the body of this work by way of interpretation of the gåthas of G-3