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473 RANGANATHASWAMI, S. P. V. Literary Wealth of India : Search for Prakrit Manuscripts. (DSM, vi, 1910, pp. 41-46). Srutasägara, the author of Audāryachintāmaņi, was a fierce Digambara Jain and he devoted the greater part of his attention to crushing the rival sect. He was the pupil of Sri Vidyānandin who was the pupil of Devendrakirti. He was skilled in Sanskrit and Prakrit poetry, Mention of some of his works-His literary activity must be referred to about the years 1550 Sambat or 1494 A.D.
Two schools of grammar dealing with the two dialects of the Prakrit language. The works of Chanda, Hemachandra, Trivikrama, Subhachandra and śrutasāgara dealing mainly with the Jain dialects of Prakrit and other Prakrit works of Jain authors. The rest such as Präkrit-prakāśa, etc. deal with the Aryan Prakrit dialects used in the ordinary works.
474 GHOSH, RABINDRA NARAYAN. India's Literary Wealth : A connected story of her Manuscript Libraries : Some valuable informations from a Mysore correspondent. (DSM, vi, 1910, pp. 1-3). [See No. 469).
Manuscript libraries in Southern India : (a) Jain libraries : (1) An ancient Jain mutt in Mudabidri near the west coast of the Canara District, Madras Presidency, contains a very rich collection of manuscripts. Here are found the only surviving single copies of valuable books. (2) At Śravana Belgo!a. Mysore State, below the hill on which stands the statue of Gommateśvara, there is a Jain monastery containing a large, valuable and well-preserved collection of manuscripts, mostly in palmyra leaves, in the Pali, Sanskrit, Kannada and Tamil languages. (3) In another Jain monastery in Mysore State, at Humcha, we find a large collection of manuscripts. (4) Pandit Padmarāja and other Jain pandits possess, more or less collections of manuscripts.
475 SEN, D. C. History of Bengali Language and Literature. Calcutta, 1911.
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