Jinamanjari 1995 09 No 12

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

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This is supported by the Dharmapariksa, the Kannada epic of Vrttavilasa (V.S. 1217) in the colophon: "Bharavi jainendrabhasuram enal oredam paniniyakka tikum".
ii) Prakriyamanjari of Vidyasagara Muni on a the Kasika Vrtti which has been preserved by Madras and Trivendram Libraries. Its colophon indicates that his teacher's name was Svetagiri and his commentary was based on the Nyasa of Pujyapada Devanandi. The copy starts with ten following verse:
Vanda munindran munivrduvandyan,' srimadgurun svetagirin
varisnan. Nyasakaravacah padmanikarodgirnamambare, grhnami
madhuprito vidyasagd satpadsh
iii) Kriyakalapa of Jinadevasuri on the Dhatus of Paniniya in about 1455 A.D. Its manuscript is kept in L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmadabad.
iv) Vyakarana Siddhanta Sudhanidhi of Visvasvarasuri
Jains Grammar school of Pujyapada Devanandi
The earliest avaiable work by Pujyapada Devanadi who composed the Jinandrabuddhinyasa is the commentary on the Kasika vrtti. His original name was Devanandix, and because of his great intellect he was called Jinendrabuddhi and because the angels worshippted his foot, he was named as Pujyapada. This is revealed in Srvanabalagola inscription No. 40 (64). This is also supported by an inscription of Mangaraja Kavi (Suka Sam. 1365).
Jainendra Vyakarana consists of 5 chapters, 20 pudas and 3067 Sutras. Devanandi has mentioned his six predecessor grammariens - Bhutabuli, Sridattu, Yasobhadra, Prabhacandra, Siddhasena and Samantabhadra' whose Sanskrit Vyakarang texts are not yet traced out.
There are two well-known recensions of the Jainendra Vyakarana, i.e. i) Northern or Shorter containing 3063 Sutras, and ii) Southern orLlonger contains 3695 + 15 Pratinara Sutras. The first has been commented upon by Abhayanandi (Mahavrti), Prabhacandra
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