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Introduction
age of the Ms. K and by the presence of the earlier form of r in the gloss more regularly than in Q-gloss.
2. Brahmadeva and His Vrtti Brahmadeva and his Works—Brahmadeva gives no details about his personal history in his commentaries. His colophon of Dravyasamgrahatika simply mentions his name, Brahmadeva. Javaharlal, who reads his name as Brahmadevaji, suggests that Brahma is the title indicating that he was a Brahmacārin, i.e., a celibate, and that Devaji was his personal name. Though Nemidatta, 2 the author of Aradhana-kathakāša, Hemacandra, the author of Śrutaskandha3 in Prakrit etc. have used Brahma as their title, it does not seem probable that Brahma is a title in the name of Brahmadeva, because Deva is not an usual name but generally a name-ending and because there have been many Jaina authors bearing the names Brahmamuni, Brahmasena, Brahmasūri etc. So Brahmadeva should be taken as a name. According to a traditional list, noted by Javaharlal, the following works are attributed to Brahmadeva : 1) Paramātmaprakāša-tikā, 2) Brhad-Dravyasangraha-ţikā, 3) Tattvadipaka, 4) Jñanadipaka, 5) Trivarnācāra-dipaka, 6) Pratişthā-tilaka, 7) Vivāhapatala and 8) Kathakosa. Nothing can be said about Nos. 3. 4, & 7 unless their Mss, are available. Possibly it is due to the presence of the word Brahma in his name that (Aradhana-) Kathakoša of Brahina-Nemidatta and Trivarnācara (-dipakai? and Pratiştha-tilaka of Brahmasūri8 are attributed to Brahmadeva through mistake. Thus we have before us only two authentic works of Brahmadeva viz., Paramātma-prakāša-vịtti and Dravyasangraha-vștti 9
His Commentary on P-prakasa-Brahmadeva does not mention his name in the colophon of P.-prakāśa-vịtti. Bālacandra attributes a Sk. commentary to Brahmadeva; secondly, Daulatarāma plainly attributes the vitti to Brahmadeva; and lastly, the commentary on P.-prakāśa has much in common with the commentary on Dravyasangraha where he mentions his name. There 1 See his Intro. of Bihad-Dravyasangraha (RJS.) pp. 10-11. Some other views of
Javaharlal referred to below are from this Intro. 2 Peterson's Reports V, p. xl. 3 MDJG, Vol. XIII, p. 4 and pp. 152-60.
As in Akalankadava, etc. 5 According to Peterson's Reports, Vol. IV, p. 154, a commentary of Pancastikaya is
attributed to Brahmadēvaji, but I have already pointed (see my Intro. to Pravacanasära, p. 101, Foot-note 5) that it is the same commentary as the one attributed to
Jayasēna. The confusion remains still unexplained. 6 Peterson's Reports V. p. 40. 7 Reports of Sri Ailaka Pannālala Digambara Jaina Sarasvati Bhavana, Vol. I, p. 44. 8 I learn from my friend Pt. A. Shantiraj Shastri, Asthana Vidván, Mysore, that Mss.
of Pratisthå-tilaka of Brahmasűri are available. 9 Ed. in RJS, Bombay 1919 (2nd Ed.); also in SBJ. Vol. I.
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