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III. Puråtanaprabandhasangraha This collection of ancient Prabandhas was published in 1936 A.D. as No. 2 of the Singhi Jaina Series. The full name of the work is " Prabandhacintāmaņisambaddha-Purātanaprabandhasangraha " and was published as part II of the PC. As stated in the Introduction by Muni Jinavijayaji, the learned editor, it is a compilation of Prabandhas allied to the contents of the PC. from 5 MSS. of unknown authorship and, containing as it does both historical and legendary matter, is important for the study of ancient history and culture of Gujarāta.
At least some of these Prabandhas were composed in 1290 V.S. (c. 1232 A.D.) by Jinabhadra for Jayantasimha, son of minister Vastupāla. Ms. P is dated 1528 V.S. (c. 1470 A.D.), mss.-B and Br appear respectively to be at least 400 and 250 years old; ms. G is inferred by the editor to have been written in the reign of Emperor Pherozeshah after 1407 V.S. (C. 1349 A.D.); while the age of ms. Ps appears to be earlier than 1500 V.S. (c. 1442 A.D.).
Some Prabandhas from ms. B not pertaining to the contents of PC. have been separately grouped and printed as an Appendix to the Introduction. The matter of pp. 116-134, containing a sort of summary of some of the Prabandhas of the PC., is taken from a sixth ms. about 300-400 years old.
The language appears to be more simple and archaic than that of PC. and PK. and a few of these Prabandhas seem to be older than both PC. and PK. upon which their authors might have drawn.
The references are, as usual, to the pages and lines in the text of the Purātanaprabandhasangraha (PPS.) referred to above. The references from the Appendix to the Introduction as well as a few from the footnotes to the Introduction are preceded by the term "Int." so that they can easily be distinguished from those from the text proper.
अकूपार अखर्व अगर
अग्निशकटी
m. an ocean. at 9 FTSETTTTTTT: 129.2. Vide PC. FK. adj. great. Begagfe: 64.4. Vide PK. m., n. Aloe-wood, Agallochum. 977 975 Tha aga afati
89.8-9. cf. Guj. 34777. f. a fire-hearth. 122.26. Vide PC. n. N. of a type of scriptural texts of the Jainas. Tranz
Ti gj Fit-Fi IT 79797ai ra I 95.14. (Abhidhānarajendra explains the term thus : " लोकोत्तराणि प्रवचनस्य
197 311 k ata "-Vol. I, p. 364. For further details vide pp. 36 ff. of the same. Originally there were 12
