Indian Antiquary Vol 21

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MARCH, 1892
On the other hand, the Deccan College manuscript of the Nitisara, which I have also procured, is the work in question. It is a very small work, consisting of 113 ślokas, and giving brief explanations of a number of Digambaia technicalities. With the exception of one, all the quotations in the pattávali are confirmed by this manuscript.
The first quotation, in $ 12, constitutes the slókas 6 b and 7 in the Natisára. There is, however, a slight difference in the second line, which reads in the Deccan Manuscript as follows:
सेनसको नन्दिसः सिंहसको महाप्रभुः। The third quotation, in $ 17, forms the 9th, 10th and 11th blokas in tho Nitisára. In that manuscript the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th lines read a little differently :
द्राविडो यापनीयश्च काष्ठसङ्कश्श मानतः । गोपुछिकः स्वेतवासो द्राविडो यापनीयकः ।
स्वस्वमत्यनुसारेण सिद्धान्तं व्यभिचारिणं । The fourth quotation, in $ 19, forms slokas 8, 12, 13, 14 in the Nítisára. In that manuscript they read as follows:
गणगच्छादयस्तेभ्यो जाताः स्वपरसौख्यदाः । न तत्र भेवः कोप्यस्ति प्रव्रज्यादिषु कर्मम् ॥ ८॥ चतु:संध्यां नरो यस्तु कुरुते भेदभावनां । स सम्यग्दर्शनातीतः संसारे संचरत्यरं ॥ २२ ॥ नात्र प्रतिक्रमे भेदो न प्रायश्चित्तकर्मणि । Ararare are reaa: 113 II. चतुःसड्डी संहितायां जैन बिम्ब प्रतिष्ठितं ।
नमेनापरसहस्य यतो न्यासविपर्ययः ।। २४ ॥ The second quotation, in $ 16, I cannot find in the Deccan College Manuscript. It is a verse written in the Sragdharà metre. The whole of the Nilisára is written in ślokas, with the exception of the last (113th) verse, which happens to be in the Sragd hará metre. This last verse, however, does not belong to the body of the work, but contains a laudatory reference to the author, Indranandin. It does not seem probable therefore, that the verse, quoted in $ 16, really belongs to the Nitisára. The Deccan College MS. has all the appearance of being complete.
That the author, Indranandin, belonged to the Sarasvati Gachchba is shown by his being described in verse 113 as & clever follower of Kundakunda. He does not appear in the pontifical succession list. There are, however, certain indications to fix the dates of himself and his work. In verses 67-70 he enamerates a number of celebrated (sattama) Munis from all the four Sanghas. The latest in date among those quoted form the Nandi Sangha are Prabhachandra and Jinachandra, Nos. 86 and 87 in the list. The latter died 1524 A. D. At the end of the manuscript, - quite independently of the work, - there is the remark that it was written Sri-Lalitachandra-pathanartham, "for the reading of 'Sri-Lalitachandra.' This person, in all probability, is the same with Lalitakirtti II., No. 89, of the pontifical list (Chitor section), who died in 1565 A. D. Between these two dates (1524 and 1565) Indranandin should have lived and written the Nitisara. As Lalitakirtti (or Lalita Chandra) pontificated from 1546 to 1565 A. D., the Deccan College MS. was most probably written within that period; and there is just a possibility that it is the autograph of Indranandin himself, who may have been a disciple of Lalita Chandra.
31. The MS. has ear
, aram and alam having the same meaning.