Jain Journal 2013 07

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

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Dr. Anekant Kumar Jain:An ancient Jain canonical Prakrit text of Philosophy
due to unavailability. I am requesting to all scholars to help me to complete and increase this table.
Available Manuscripts -
1. Pravacansara - With the Tatparyavritti Sanskrit commentary of Jayasenacarya* Book No. 4900; size - 20 G/11 cm; scriptdevanagari;* Book No. 6920; size- 20/12cm; Place-Sri Parsvanath swami Digamber Jain mandir Karanja (MH.) India
2. Pravacansara- Tattparyavritti, Adhyatmi Balchandra, Book No. 10; Script Kannada; size-11/6 cm. Place-Sarmvati mandir Granthalaya, Bahubali (MH).
3. Pravacansara Sarojbhaskar - Sanskrit commentary by Prabhacandra
*Book No. 645; sript Devnagri; copy time-samvat-1577; size 9/4; place Jainvidyasamsthan, Jaipur (Mahaveerji). Rajasthan.
*Book No.?.Sript-Devnagari; Time-samvat 1555, copy time samvat 1981, size 10/6, Place-Sri elak pannalal Digambar Jain sarswati Bhawan, freegung, Ujjain (M.P.)
*Book No.?.Script -- Kannada, Place- Sri Laxmisen digamber Jain math., Kolhapur, (MH)
4. Pravacansara- Tattvapradipika-sanskrit commentaryAmritcandracarya, script Devnagri, Time-samvat-1610, size 10/6, Place-Sri Digambar Jain Treapanthi Bada Jain Mandir, Johri Bazar, Jaipur (Raj).
There are many manuscripts preserved in different Jain temple's Shastra bhandar and Institutions. I am giving here only few of them; which I acknowledged by different sources. This is also not complete list. I will be grateful if some one will help me for this. We can say in short that Pravacansare is a single text of Ist century A.D. which is deeply explain the Jaina Philosophy.
Resources :
1. Pravacansar - Introduction, Prof. A.N. Upadhey, Paramsrut Prabhavak mendal, Srimad Rajcandra Ashram, Agas, Anand, Gujat, Fifth edition - 1999.