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onical and Some Non-Jaina beginning of the 9th century (28). Contemporary Works : 0 Hiralal Jain places it between 500-800 (1) Jambudva Papnattişangaho (=JPS) A.D.(29). However, the fixing of date of Paumanandina
of Yativrsabha, the author of TP, is Edited by A. N. UPadhye and yet to be ascertained. Hira Lal Jain (Sholapur. 1958) (3) Tattvarthadhigama Sutra (ETD
Accoraing to the editors, the ear- S) of Umasvati. Hindi commcntary liest manuscript of JPS, known to us, by Khubachandra (Bombay, 1932). is that from Amera and it is written According to M. L. Mehta (61), in 1518 B.S. (146!A.D.) The JES the author of TDS. was Umasvati seems to be indebted to a number of (circa 135-219), According to JP Jain carlier works some of which belong - (31), the date of Umasyati för Umasto an authentic authorship and date, vamin) is about 40-90: A. D. and Uke, the Malacara, Tiloya-Pannatti, about the first half of the first century Bihat etrasamasa and Trilokasara (OTS) - A.D., according to some other(32). The TS of Nemichandra is to be Nathuram Premi(33) assigns the TDS assigned to the 19th century A.D. (manual fof the understanding of the Thus it may be concluded that the true barurdi of things) to about 4th JPS was composed after 10th century or 5th century A. D.
, A. D., the date of Ts, and before ; (5) Bhadrabatiu Sanhita. Edited * 1461 A.D., the date of Amera manu- with Hindi.commentary by Nemichscript. The editors opine that Padma- apdra Shastri, (Kashi, 1959). nandin (or Paumanandin), might have. Bhadrabahu, the author, belongs, composed the JPS about 1000 A. D. to a period an abgut 313 C. (16). (26).
There was also an earlier Bhadrabahu (2) Tiloya-Pannatti (in Sanskrit, (468 x 467 B.C.); to whom is ascriTriloka Prajnapti) (=TP) Part 1 (2nd bed, Kalpa Sutra as contained in the ed. 1936) edited by,ia. N, Upadhye Dasasrutaskandha, one of the six and Hiralal Jain; Part II (1st ed. Cheda Sutras(34). 1951), edited by Jain and Upadhye... (5) Arthasastra of Kautilya, 3 Vols.
According to Upadhye (27), the Edited with translation by R. P. TP is to be assigned to some period Kangle (Bombay, 1960-65) between 473 A. D. and 609. A. D. Many scholars have indentified However, the work may have acquired the author Kautilya with tlie minister its present form as late as about ithe of king Chandragupta Maurya who
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earlier Bhadrabaho
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