Book Title: Jaina Granth Bhandars in Rajasthan
Author(s): Kasturchand Kasliwal
Publisher: Digambar Jain Atishay Kshetra Mandir

Previous | Next

Page 192
________________ Subjects Dealt with [ 173 In Vikrama Sasivat 1050 (993 A. D), Jayak Irti composed Chandanusasana." Chanda Koşa2 was completed by Ratan Sekhara pupil of Hema Tilak of Nagpuriya Tapagacha. It consists of 74 Prakrit Gathas. Nanditadhya, Chanda Sätra of Devanandi is a work on Prakrit metres. Its correct name is Gatha Laksana. A commentary on it is also available which was made by Ratan Candra. Hemcandra Suri compeleted Chandonuśāşana. The author himself wrote its commentary which is a popular work on prosody and its manuscripts are available in most of the Bhandārs. Amarcanda wrote Chanda Ratnávali in Samskrit in the 13th Century. Prakrit Chand Koşa by an unknown writer is preserved in the collection of the Šāstra Bhandar of Lūnkaranji Pandya Jaipur. It is a good work on this subject Pingal Chand Sastra by Sri Nānorāma in Hindi is in Sastra Bhandar, Terăpanthi Mandır, Jaipur. The total number of verses is 1058. Harirama in the year 1651 A D. wrote Chandaratnával which contains 211 Hindi verses. Apart from these works, there are several manuscripts of Śrutabodha written by Kālıdāsa and Vratta Ratnakara by Bhajta Kedăra. Some of the Bhandārs contain more than 10 manuscripts of these works. The Jainas wrote commentaries on these works also. Somacandra Gaņi wrote a commentary on Vratta Ratnakar in Vikrama era 1329 (1272 A D.). LAXICOGRAPHY There are several works on Laxicography, written by Jaina authors. The earliest text on which numerous manuscripts are available in the Jaina Bhandars is the Nāmalingänuśaşan of Amar Singh. There is a difference of opinion regarding Amarsingh. But it is a very podular work After Amarsingh, a great poet Dhananjaya wrote Nāma Māla. The work is very much popular amongst the Jainas. It was translated into Hindi by Kayı Banārsidāsa in Samvat 1690 (1933 A.D). The work is very simple but useful. Acárya Hemcandra (1088-1172 A. D.) wrote Abhidhåncintamani-NamaMalā. It is a famous Laxicon of Hema Candra. It consists of six Kändas. 1 Brihad Gyara Bhandar, Jaisalmer. 2 Edited by H D Velankar in Bcmbay University Journal Art & Law, May 1933. 3 Amer Sastra Bhandar, Jaipur. 4. Grantha Bhandar Jaina Temple, Pâtodi.

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394