Grammatical Riddles from Jain Works

Author(s): Nalini Balbir
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Annotations : 1. For a convenient list of such dictionaries see C. Vogel, Indian Lexicography.
Wiesbaden, 1979, p. 369-371. 2. This has rightly been underlined by L. Sternbach, Indian Riddles. A forgotten chapter
in the history of Sanskrit Literature. Hoshiarpur, 1975, $ 132ff. 3. Śri Siddhahemacandra Sabdanuśāsana. With the Auto-commentary Laghuvrtti.
Patan, 1994. 4. Representatives of the first category are Uddyotanasūri's Kuvalayamālā, Maheśvarasūri's Nanapancamikahā, śāntisūri's Puhaicandacariya, Dhaneśvarasūri's Surasundaricariya or an anonymous Jinadatta-ākhyāna. Second category:
Dharmopadeśamälāvivarana Sk.: 3 Pk.: 2 Manipaticarita Sk.: 2 Pk.: 3 Akhyānakamanikośavrtti Sk.: 8 Pk.: 1
Kahārayanakosa Sk.: 4 Pk.: 2 Third category : e.g. Samarāiccakahā with 4 riddies, all in Sanskrit. This is just a sample of references. More details about the corpus will be given in an extensive
study on riddles found in Jain narrative works (in preparation). 5. Partly for lack of space, riddles belonging to the category where a verbal form
(kriya) or a nominal form corresponding to any of the grammatical cases (kartro, karma", karana', etc.) is concealed (gupta) in a given verse and is to be detected, are left out. See VMM 4.33ff., or Kuvalayamālā and Samarāiccakahā for examples
in Jain works. 6. Mentioned in L. Sternbach's monograph Indian Riddles $ 120, but with more
information about the author's career than about his work itself. 7. Description and extracts from the praśastis in Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit
Manuscripts. Muniraja Shri Punyavijayaji's Collection. Ahmedabad, 1968,
p. 432, Serial Nos. 3384 and 3385. 8. See New Catalogus Catalogorum under Praśnávali and the list of Municandra's
works in e.g., H. R. Kapadia, introduction to Haribhadra's Anekantajayapatākā
(commented upon by Municandra). Baroda, 1940 (G.O.S. 88), p. XXX. 9. Available evidence is carefully examined by M. Kraatz, VMM 1968, vol. I,
p.XI-XIV, and his conclusion is very cautious (perhaps excessively so). 10. See for instance H. D. Velankar, Jinaratnakosa. Poona, 1944, p. 355; Pandit
Ambālāl Pre. Shah, Jain Sähitya kā Brhad Itihās, vol.5: Läksanik Sahitya. Varanasi, 1969, p. 127-129.