Jinamanjari 1995 09 No 12

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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Tibetan and indian sources and wrote a book entitled "On the Aindra School of Sanskrit Grammarians".
Another work of Jainacarya on Sanskrit Vyakarana is the Ksapanaka vyakarana. As we know, Ksapanaka was one of the nine Ratnas of the royal court of Vikramaditya." There was one Mahanyasa on the Ksapanaka Vyakarana as informed by the Tantrapradipa (Sutra, 4.1.155). This work is not traced out. Pujyapada Devanandi refers to Sridatta, Yasobhadra, Bhutavali, Prabhacandra, Siddhasena and Samantabhadra as the Vaiyakaranas whose works are also not available.
Post-Panini Jaina works on Sanskrit Grammar
Jainacarya such as Jainendra, Sakatayana and Hemacandra who wrote commentaries on the Astadhyayi established their own schools. Later commentaries on commentaries were produced by later Jaina grammarians. These works may be classified into seven divisions.
1. Commentaries on the Paniniya Vyakarana.
2. Commentaries on the Katantra Vyakarana
3. Commentaries on the Sarasvata Vyakarana
4. Commentaries on the Siddhantacandka Vyakarana
5. Sakatayana Vyakarana and its commentaries
6. Siddhahamacandra Sabdanusasana and its commentaries,
7. Miscellaneous works and Jainendra Vyakarana and its commentaries
1. Commentaries on paniniya Vyakarana
i) Sabdavataranyasa of Pujyapad Devanandi (5th century A.D.) wrote a commentary on the Astadhayi called Nyasa or Sabdavataranyasa which is extant. The name of the work is mentioned in an inscription found at Nagar, Shimoga district in Karnataka.
Nyasam Jainendrasanjnam sekalabudhanutam paniniyaaya bhuyo Nyasam sabdavataram manujatanitam vaidyadastram oa krtva. Yustattvarthasya tikam vyaracoyadiha bhatyasau pujyapadah Svami bhupalavandyan svaparahitavacah purnadrgbodhavrttin.
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