Jain Shwetambar Conference Herald 1915 Book 11 Jain Itihas Sahitya Ank

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

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Shri Jaina Conference Herald.
72 via Guerrazzi Italy is a very enthusiastic scholar engaged in the study of Jainism. He edits the regulaart of Haribhadra in the Bibliotheca Indica. He is desirocus to edit other works of Haribhadra viz. योगबिन्दु, योगदृष्ठिसमुच्चय andl शास्त्रवार्तासमुश्चय If you could procure him Mss. of the two last named works, so that he might prepare the text for printing. He would be much abliged and I should thank you very much. He wants also a Ms. of gà tart by Qigh, but all our endeavours have up to now been invain.
With kind regards yours truly Bonn 29th Sept. 1905.
H. Jacobi.
30th December 1905. :
Bombay Chhipi Chawl. Prof. Dr. H. JacÜBI. Dear Sir,
I am in due receipt of your letters of the 30th August and 29th September. I am now in a position to reply to the fame in detail.
The first point is the verse अनागतं परिमाय चैत्यवंदनसंश्रया. &c.
Now if the verse is interpreted as “ foreseeing the future, Haribhadra Suri composed for me &c. ” You charge Siddharshi with the want of madesty. The facts, as can be ascertained now were there. In the first place S. was intiated as a Jain ascatic, but he took fancy to study Budhism. At that time he asked his Guru's permission who foresaw the would be failure and advised him not to go, as he suspected them (Budhists ) of some evil practice. But as S. was bent upon studying he was asked to give a promise to come back once to his Guru before he finally resigned Janism. The anticipated thing happened and he, true to his promise, came to his Guru Garga, who it is reported was reading Lalit Vistara of Haribhadra. S. was told to wait until he returned. In the mean. while, being a student, he naturally took that manuscript and