Nyayavatara and Nayakarnika

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

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Author's Biographical Sketch
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4. The Haima-laghu-prakriyā — A commentary on Srī Hemacandrācārya's Great Grammar entitled Śrī Siddha-Haima-Sabdānusāsana, in 2,500 slokas (verses). It was completed at Rājadhanyapura, modern Rādhanpur, in Gujarat. This has been published by the Jaina Dharma Prasāraka Sabhā of Bhāvnagar. The author has written a commentary on this very work, in 35,000 verses, which is still unpublished.
5. The Šāntasudhārasaḥ — A treatise on the sixteen bhāvanā (points of moral and mental culture for meditation and concentration), including the four chief ones, maitrī (friendship) and the like, and the twelve subordinate ones, anityatva (transitoriness), etc. This with a commentary by Muni Śrī Gambhīravijaya, since deceased, has been recently published by the Jaina Dharma Prasāraka Sabhā of Bhāvnagar. This work was composed at the seaport town of Gandhapura (modern Gandhār, near Cambay) in S. Y. 1723.
Gujarati Compositions:
These with the exception of the Śrīpāla-Rāsa are all short poems composed by the author. The following are a few of his more important works in Gujarati:
A prayer in glory of Dharmanātha, entitled the Laghu-upamitibhava-prapañca. The Stavana is a short allegory on this illusory world. This was composed in S. Y. 1716, at Surat.
The Stavana, embodying the significance of the five causes necessary for the accomplishment of a thing, viz., kāla, svabhāva, niyati, pūrvakarma, and puruşārtha, was composed in S. Y. 1723.