Jain Journal 1968 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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marinaror K ärarias have been discovered which del more or leo la detaal with the hfe of thus Omasscient of the Kaliyuta'; on the other hand, Hemnacandra's own works. probably all of them and almost in complete form, are now accessible It is therefore dow possible to examine criti cally the information abtained through the secondary sources by conparing them with one another and with Heracandra's own utteranoes. The character of these secondary souroes, as well as the fact that the greator number of them were written long after Hemacandra's time and that they belong to the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, however, render tunncoessary to consider thom collectively A selection as follows is quite sufficient
1 The Prabhāvakacarita by Prabhacandra and Pradyumta Sun : a collection of life-sketches of 22 Jaina Acaryas, who bestowed glory on their faith, it was written about 1250 AD, about 80 years after Hemsacandra's death
2 The Prabandha-cintamani by Merutungacarya of Vardhamanapura (Vadhavan) in Kathiavad a collection of historical legends, completed on the full-moon day of the Vaisakha month, Vikram Samvat 1362, 1 e, in April-May 1305 or 1306 AD
3 The Prabandhakosa by Rajasekhara a collection of the blographies of famous monks, poets and statesmen completed in Dulli (Delhi), Vikram Samvat 1405, ie, 1348-49 AD
4 The Kumarapala-prabanda by Jinamandana Upadhyaya. a life-story of the King Kumarapala of Gujarat, VS 1199-1230, completed in Vikram Samvat 1492, 1 e., 1435-36 AD.
The relationship of these works with one another is as follows : The Prabhāvakacarita and the Prabandha-cintamanı represent two distinct ---and apparently independent of each other currents of tradition They diverge very often and, as regards some parts, they do so in many important points, the older work gives us in some cases less trustworthy data. The author of the Prabandhakosa knows the Prabandha-cintamani and regards his own account of Hemacandra as an appendıx to the same. He says he will not repeat what is said in that work (Prabandha-cintäman); he will, on the contrary, acquaint his readers with a number of unknown anecdotes The material put forth by him 18, it is true, generally not to be found in earlier works and appears to have beep adapted from tradition to which he so often refers Lastly, the Kumarapala-prabandha