Nyayavatara and Nayakarnika

Author(s): Siddhasena Divakar, Vinayvijay, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Vikas Mandal

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Naya-karņikā
The following is a list of some of the works written by Śrī Vinayavijaya Ācārya. Sanskrit Works:
1. The Sukhabodhikā— A commentary on the well-known Kalpa-Sūtra, which is read by the Jainas during their Pajūsaņa holidays. This was composed on Jyeștha Sukla 2nd, S. Y. 1696. It has been published by Devachanda Lālbhāi Pustakoddhāra Fund, Javeri Bazar, Bombay.
2. The Loka-prakāsa – An original voluminous work of 20, 621 verses, dealing with the Jaina view of the Universe (cosmos). The author has cited more than 700 authorities, showing that he was a voracious reader and an exact writer. The work was completed at Jīrṇadurga (modern Junagadh, in Kathiawad), on Jyestha Sukla 5th, S. Y. 1708. This has been published by Pandit Hirālāl Hansarāj of Jāmnagar.
3. The Naya-karņikā -A small elementary primer for those who want to understand the a, b, c of the Jaina philosophy of standpoints (nayas). This was composed before or at the end of S. Y. 1708, as appears from its concluding verse, which mentions the name of Vijayasimha Sūri, who died in S. Y, 1708, at Dvīpa (modern Dīva), near Junagadh, in Kathiawad. This, with its commentary by Muni Śrī Gambhīravijaya, since deceased, is published in Jaina Stotra Samgraha, Part I, by the Yaśovijaya Jaina Pāthaśālā of Benares.
संवत सत्तर अडतीसा वरसे, रहि रांदेर चोमासेंजी। संघतणा आग्रहथी मांड्यो, रास अधिक उल्लासेंजी। सार्ध सप्तशत गाथा विरची, पहोता ते सुरलोकेजी। तेहना गुण गावेछे गोरी, मलि मलि थोके थोकेंजी।