Jain Shwetambar Conference Herald 1915 Book 11 Jain Itihas Sahitya Ank

Author(s): Mohanlal Dalichand Desai
Publisher: Jain Shwetambar Conference

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The Date of Siddharshi.
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The library at Jassalmeer is now opened and I hope we shall learn many new things from that quarter. A list of all the works therein found is now being prepared and it is I understand going to be printed. I will send you a copy of it. The sorry of it is that as I am imformed by Mr. Gu. labchandji Dhadha M. A. Secretary, Jain conference, the custodians of the library do not allow others to take copies of mss. But this evil he will soon remedy.
If there are any works in German worthy of notice and I presume there must be many please let me know. Upto this we are quite in dark as to what is done by such persons as yourself.
The most important thing is the date of Siddharsi and now comes the question of the date of Haribhadra suri. As to the tradition of Magha being a contemporary of Siddharsi, for being his cousin I did not urge it very strongly and if serving no useful purpose we may easily di-card that tra«ition from our consideration. With deference for the inter: pretation put by you on the first portion of the verse sarta q51Z I have not been able to follow you and at once say that the real situation is not yet grasped by us. I do not see any want of modesty in Siddharshi when he says that "Haribhadra suri not knowing the future composed &c." I do not see how you join personal Guru ( who I understand is Garga ) in the interpretation of this verse. No doubt “Siddharshi owed his Tâzirat not to Haribhadra Suri personally but to a work composed by him," but how this affects the enterpretation of the vese satora priate. Your own opinion is that "If Haribhadra was personally the Guru of Siddharshi, the latter might have expressed himself in that way, attributing to the affection of his kind teacher all he owed to him, though ho owed his Thata not to him personally, but to a work written by Haribhadra. I prefer this interpratation of the verse star nå giter to yours.” Now please with highest regard for your opinion this is not at all clear to me. Will you explain it ? I do not see any lurking of the interpretation or explanation of the above quoted verse in what you write,