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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
The 'Samarāditya-sarksepa' is a sort of religious romance in 9 cantos. It was composed in Samvat 1324 [1268 A.D.). It is a Sanskrit summary of the Samarāiccakatha' of Haribhadra.
Preface. Review on Pradyumnasūri. He was born towards Samvat 1270. He belonged to the Chandra gaccha and was the disciple of Kanakaprabha. He was considered by his contemporaries as a critic of high authority. It is thus that Devasūri submitted to him his 'Upamitabhavaprapanchākatha-säroddhara (Samvat 1298). One can only attribute to him until now the 'Samarāditya-samksepa'.
Remarks on the language, the style and the scansion of Pradyumnasūri. Critical text of the 'Samarāditya-samkşepa' according to six manuscripts.
Diverse notes and corrections.
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The mirror of Jainism. Part I. Second
BANARASI DAS-Jinendra-mata-Darpana. edition. Lucknow, 1906.
Hindi text enriched with Sanskrit quotations and notes in English. An edition in Urdu characters has been published the same year at Allahabad.
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A. BALLINI-Contributo allo studio della Upamitibhavaprapanca Katha di Siddharsi (Rendiconti della Reale Academia dei Lincei, Scienze morali, storiche e filologiche, serie quinta, vol. XV. Pp. 309-348 ; 397-438 ; 623-659). Roma, 1906.
I. The life and works of Siddharşi.
Siddharşi lived in the 9th century. He composed the 'Upamitabhanaprapancakatha in (Samvat) 962, that is to say in 906 A.D. He had for master Haribhadra who lived in the 9th century. Besides the 'Upamitabhavaprapanca-katha' he composed the 'Nyayayatarvitti' and a commentary on the 'Upadeśamālā' of Dharmadāsa gani.
II. The 'Upamitabhavaprapanca-kathā'
The gist and the form of the work. The allegory. Analysis of the first book and the integral translation of the allegorical story of the mendicant.
III. Sources, summary and paraphrase of the 'Upamitabhavaprapanca-katha'.
The principal source of the work of Siddharşi is the 'Samarāditya-katha' of Haribhadra. Among the works which gave rise to the 'Upamitabhavaprapanca-katha',
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