Grammatical Riddles from Jain Works

Author(s): Nalini Balbir
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52. The matter is treated here in some details because all the relevant books are not
easily available, and these technicalities are not very well known. See further note
54.
53. On its importance in the development of metrical science see C. B. Tripathi,
“Ratnamañjūsā and 'Chandoviciti”: Beiträge zur Indienforschung (E. Waldschmidt
zum 80. Geburtstag gewidmet), ed. H. Härtel. Berlin, 1977, p. 549-560. 54. Ratnamañjūsā with Bhāsya by some unknown Jain authors on Sanskrit prosody.
Ed. with A Critical Introduction and Notes by Prof. H. D. Velankar. Kashi, Bharatiya Jnanapith, 1949 (Jnanapitha Moorti Devi Jain Granthamala, Sanskrit Grantha No. 5) : "Indramālā : Another name of the Upajāti: Mandāramarandacampü (Kāvyamālā ed. 1895, p. 8 line 7) calls it upendramālā; but every other writer that I know of calls it upajăti". (Velankar's note p. 59, to be revised in the light of
the material collected here). 55. Jánaśrayi Chandoviciti. Published by the Curator, The University Manuscripts
Library. Trivandrum, 1949 (Trivandrum Sanskrit Series No. 163). 56. See e.g., Prakrtapaingala 2.119 and 2.121 for the fourteen designations of
the varieties of upajätis : one of them is called mālā, a word which is anyway quite common in names of metres (cf. vidyunmālā, ūrmimālā, candramālā, etc.).; Hemacandra's Chando'nuśāsana 2.156 : etayoh parayoś ca saṁkara upajātis
caturdaśadha. 57. Edited in Jayadāman. A collection of ancient texts on Sanskrit Prosody and A
Classified List of Sanskrit Metres with an Alphabetical Index. Ed. by H. D. Velankar. Bombay, 1949.