Jain Journal 2008 07 No 01

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

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JAIN JOURNAL: VOL-XLIII, NO.1 JULY 2008
2.Bhāsya-- The Bhāşyas were written with a view to clarifinig the meaning of Niryuktī in detail. It is in verse form and in the Prākļta language. Some Bhāşyas were written on Nirvuktis and some on Müla Sūtra (Basic Canon). Among the Bhāşyakāras, Jinabhadragaại (6th7th centuries AD) and Samghadāsagani 6th cent. A.D.) are the main. The author of Vasudevahindi is one Samghadāsagani (6th cent. A.D.) who is different from the Bhāşyakāra. As it has been mentioned above that the Bhāșyas were written in Prākrta. even though Bhāşyas were also written in Samskrta and even today the Bhāşyas are being written in Saṁskṛta.
3. Cūrņi-- The Curņīs have been written in prose mixed with Prāksta and Samskặta forms. It is not written on all texts. The famous Chūrņikāra is Jinadāsagaņī Mahattara (6th-7th cent. A.D.).
4. Samskrta Țīkā-- sīkā is written in the Sanskrta language and deals with the philosophical aspects of the literature. During this period, the Sanskrta tikā was written on canonical literature, on niryukti, and even on tikā. Tikā is called by various names--țīkā, Vrtti, Vivrtti, Vivaraņa, Vyākhyā, Vārttika, Dipikā, Avacuri, Pamjikā, Tippaņaka, Tippaña, Patyāya, Stabaka, Pīțhikā, Akşarārtha.
5. Commentaries in Folk/Regional languages (lokabhāṣā)-- Commentaries have also been written in folk languages which are devoid of Saṁskrta and Prākyta for the easy understanding of the local and regional people. This type of commentary is the mixture of the Rājasthāni and Gujarāti languages. The main commentators in folk languages are Pāśvacandragani, (16th cent. A.D.) and Dharmasimha Muni (18th cent. A.D.)
The books which I have consulted for this article are History of the Canonical literature of the Jainas by H.R. Kapadia (Bombay. 1941). Jinarätnakosa, Vol-I (Puna, 1944) and Jain Sahitya Kā Brhad Itihāsa by Mohanlal Mehta (Varanasi, 1957). Apart from these, the Prākrta Sahitya kā Itihāsa by Jagdish Chandra Jain (Varanasi, (Ist edn. 1961; 2nd edn. 1984) and Jain Agama Sāhitya Manana aur Mimāṁsā by Devendra Muni (Udaipur, (Ist edn. 1977, 2nd edn. 2005), are also consulted.
On the basis of above mentioned books, only the available and published commentaries have been included in the article. Though it is very difficult to fix their exact time period, but still I have tried to give their approximate dates as found in these books. Both the.