Jain Journal 2013 07

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

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JAIN JOURNAL: VOL-XLVIII, NO. 1-IV JULY 2013-JUNE 2014
(Benaras) and Pt. Kavivara Devidas were composed there poetic commentaries in old hindi on pravacansar named 'Pravacamnsar Bhasa canda’ and Pravacansar Bhasa Kavitta. Later on Sahajanand Varniji's Saptadashangi teeka, Br. Sheetalprasadji's Bhasateeka, Kanjiswamies Divyadhwanisar, Br. Bhooramal's hindi teeka, Dr. Hukumchanda Bharilla's Pravachansar anusheelana and Gyaan-gyeya prabhodhini teeka, and other commentaries which I could not acknowledged till now, are very popular amoung the scholars as well as Laymen (Shravakas).
5. Central Philosophy of the Pravacansar
Acarya Kundkunda described very deep Philosophy of the Jainism. In Pravacansar he explained the menifestation of the consciousness (Upyoga), relation between knowledge and soul, Equality between merit and sin; real meditation; Theory of non-attachment; Theory of the substance; Importance of the Agamas (The real preach of the Teerthankar Mahaveera); importance of the knowledge of the soul (self) etc. According to the Prof. Upadhye 'Taking a detached view of the broad outlines of the contents, it is found that kundakunda gives some important lessons to a novice who is just on the threshold of asceticism and wants to enter the order of coenobities. It is required of him to maintain an undisturbed spiritual mood, completely abandoning Ashubhopyoga and not attaching much importance to Shubhopyoga, that immediately raises the individual sprit to the level of the Universal one that is completely free from Karmas, infinity potent, full of knowledge and happiness. It is climax of spiritual evolution where the subject-object relation is not being seen.
6. Modern works on the Pravacansar :
There are many works on Pravacansara done by the different scholars in modern time. Most of them have been published. I collected sone published works here but I am not sure that this list is complete. It can be possible that sone works are not covered by me