Operation In Search of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Mumbai Circle 4

Author(s): P Piterson
Publisher: Royal Asiatic Society

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INDEX OF AUTHORS.
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Anantadeva
Author of the Krishṇabhaktichandrikânâțaka. Son of Apadeva. 2, p. 104. Anantadeva was a client of Bajabahadur Chandra. His father Apadeva was the son of a previous Anantadeva, and grandson of a previous Apadeva. Aufrecht in C. C.
Aparajita
Mentioned as third in the list of five "śrutapâragas" (śrntakevalins), the five being Nandin, Nandimitra, Aparajita, Govardhana, and Bhadrabâhu. The 'Srutake valins were called by that generic name as being conversant with the whole of the sacred lore, including the twelfth anga. Compare Bhandarkar's Report, 1883-4, p. 122, where the Digambara list (in which Vishnu is substituted for our Nandin) is given. 3, App. p. 256.
Abhayadeva sûri
Pupil and successor of Pradyumnasûri, of the Râja gachchha. Compare above, under Ajitasena. Described as a lion that roamed at ease in the wild forest of books on logic. That the rivers of various conflicting opinions might not sweep away the path of the good Abhayadeva wrote his Vâdamahârnava (an ocean into which all these rivers emptied themselves). He was succeeded by Jineśvara. 3, App. pp. 158-9: 162, vv. 6, 7, 29, 30, where Manikyachandra, author, in 1276, of the Pârévanâthacharitra claims to be 9th in descent from him. The same as the Abhayadevasûri, author of a Vâdamahârnava, who is mentioned by Siddhasenasûri (wrote in Samvat 1242) as his ninth predecessor, in a line according to which Abhayadeva was succeeded by Dhanesvarasûri, who was a contemporary of King Munja. Weber, II. p. 851, vv. 1, 2, pp. 121, 4-5. This Abhayadeva also wrote a commentary on the Sammatisûtra, which he styled Tattvabodhavidhâyinî. See R. Mitra, X. pp. 39, 40. The Katipayasûtravyâkhya mentioned by Klatt perhaps is not a distinct book from this. This Abhayadevasûri is probably to be identified with the "world-renowned" sûri of that name who was one of the two teachers of 'Santisuri (died Samvat .1096). See Bhandarkar's Report, 1883-4, p. 440, and Weber, II. p. 827.