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.
Abhayadeva-suri
Founder of the Brihat Kharatara gachchha. See Weber, II. p. 626. Commonly called the Navângavrittikrit, from the commentaries composed by him on nine of the angas (3 to 11). He was born at Dhârâ, the son of Dhana, a merchant of that place, and Dhanadevî his wife. His name, before his conversion, was Abhayakumara: He obtained the position of acharya at the age of sixteen. He was made sûri by Jineśvarasûri, at the request of Vardhamanasûri, in Samvat 1088. He died at Kappaďaraạijagrâma in Gujarat in Sámvat 1135, or, according to other authorities, Samvat 1139. See Klatt Ind. Ant. XI. pp. 248 and 253. Vardhamâna, Jineśvara, Jinachandra and our Abhayadeva (Jinachandra's laghugurubhratar) are Nos. 39, 40, 41 and 42 with Klatt. Abhaya. deva is known to have written the following works :
1. A commentary on the Sthânânga. 3, App. p. 100. Abhayadeva wrote this work in Samvat 1120 at Anahilapattaņa, in the house of thie merchant Achchhupta, for an assembly of pandits under the leadership of Droņâchârya. Yaśoderagai, pupil of Ajitasinhâchårya assisted him. See Weber, II. p. 401, and Indische Studien, XVI. p. 277.
2. A commentary on the Samavâyânga. 3, App. p. 176. Written in the same year and at same place. See Weber, II. p. 420.
3. A commentary on the Bhagavatisâtra. 3, App. p. 172. Abhayadeva wrote this work at Anahilapattaņa, in the house of the merchant Achchhupta, in Samvat 1128. See Weber, II. p. 464.
4. A commentary on the Jnâtâdharmakathanga. Abbayadeva finished this book on the Dusserah of Samvat 1120. 1, App. p. 35; 3, App. pp. 60, 73, 146. See Weber, II. p. 482.
5. Commentaries on the Upâsakadaśa, the Antakriddaśa, and the Anuttaraupapâtika, the 7th, 8th and 9th angas. 1, App. p. 36. For the ascription of these commentaries, which are anonymous, to Abhayadeva, see Weber, II. pp. 490, 491, notes. And note that in this MS. they are bound together, so to say, with Abhaya deva's commentary