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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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The works dealing with the story of Jivaka are four in number, viz. (1) the Gadyachintāmaņi by Vādibhasimha, (2) the Kșatrachūdamaņi by the same author, (3) the Jivandharachampu by Harichandra, (4) the Tamil Jivakachintamani. Observation of Pandit Saminatha Aiyar in his edition of a portion of the Jivakachintamani, published in 1899. The pandit is of opinion that the Tamil Jivakachintamani is not an original work. The Sanskrit poem which treat of the story of Jivaka are based on the Jain purāņas. The original story of Jivaka is found in the Mahāpurāna.
Jivakachinlāmaņi was composed during the period ranging from the beginning of the 10th to the second half of the cent. A.D.
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Amitagati's 'Subhasitasamdoha'. Sanskrit and German publication of R. SCHMIDT (Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenlandischen Gesellschaft, vol. LXI, Pp. 88-137; 298-341; 542-582; 875-908). Leipzig, 1907.
Continuation and end (cantos XVII-XXXII), by M.R. SCHMIDT alone, of the edition and of the translation of the work of Amitagati, inaugurated in collaboration with Mr. J. HERTEL. An index of the words terminate this publication.
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T. S. Kuppuswami SASTRI-The age of the Tamil Jivakachintāmaņi (Indian Antiquary, vol. XXXVI, Pp. 285-288). Bombay, 1907.
The Jain works which relate the history of Jivaka are four in number: the "Gadya-chintāmaņi' and the Kșatra-chūdāmaņi' of Vādibhasimha, the Jivamdharacampu' of Harichandra, and the Jivaka-chintamani' of "Tiruttakkadevar'; the first three works are in Sanskrit ; the fourth is in Tamil. The Tamil Jivaka-chintamani' is not an original work. The source of it is principally the Sanskrit Gadya-Chintāmni'. Moreover the Sanskrit poems which deals with the history of Jivaka are based on the Jain Purānas in particular on the Mahāpurāņa', commenced by Jinasena and finished by Guņabhadra, in saka 820-897 A.D. On the other hand, according to Umāpati, 'Sivaite' writer who lived at the commencement of the 14th century, the Chola Anapaya read with pleasure the 'Jivakachintamani'. But this prince is identified as Kulottungo-chola Ist, who reigned from about 1070 to 1118. In results from these reconciliations that the Jivakachintāmaņi' was composed in the period included between the beginning of the 10th century and the second half of the 11th century
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