Jnanasrimitra And His Work

Author(s): Anantlal Thakur
Publisher: Anantlal Thakur

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JNĀNASRIMITRA AND HIS WORKS (J. B. R. 3. of circa 12th century A. D. It consists of the following works:
1. Kṣaṇabhangādhyāyat (lb-62a), 2. vyāpticarcă (1b-9a), 3. Bhedābhedaparikşā (lb-2b), 4. Anupalabdhirahasya ( 2b-62, b). 5. Sarvāsabdābhāvacarca (6, b-8a), 6. Apohaprakaraṇa (8a-20b), 7. Iśvaravăda ( 205-54b, consting of three sections)
(i) Pūrvapakşa, (ii) Iśvaradūşaņa, and
(iii) Vārtikasaptaślokivyākhyāna, 8. Kāryakāraṇabhāvasiddhi (446-56a), 9. Yoginirņayaprakaraṇa (56a-65b), 10. Advaitabinduprakaraņa (65b-72a), 11. Sākārasiddhiśāstra ( 72a--122b), and
12. Sākārasamgrahasūtra (122-137al. Among these Nos. 1, 2, 11 and 12 have been specifically attributed to Jõānaśrīmitra.No. 6 has been quoted and ascribed to our author by Vädi Devasūri. The author also mentions it as his own composition in his Vyāpticarca (4a. 4). The Tibetan trànslation of No. 8 mentions Jñanaśrímitra as its author. Nos 7 and 10 also have been referred to by the author as his own works (766 and 96b). That No. 9 is also a work of Jñānaśrī seems to be certain as it refers to the Sarvajñāsiddhi (58a) which is elsewhere mentioned as another work of this author (656 and 114b). The contents of this work (No. 9) seem to show that Ratnakriti, Jñānasri's disciple, utilised it in his Sarvajñasiddhi. The rest are small tracts and betray no clue as regards their authorship. The learned discoverer, however, accepts all these twelve works as Jņānasri's contributions and he designates the entire bundle of MSS. under consideration as Jnānaśrinibandhah.
No other Mss. of any of the works mentioned above excepti No. 1, has been traced.
1. Noticed in JBRS, XXXVI, pp. 67–69.
2. Rahulji himself discovered a second Ms. of the Ksanabhangadhyaya which has been of immense help in filling up the missing portions in the photoprints.