Proceedings of the Seminar on Prakrit Studies 1973

Author(s): K R Chandra, Dalsukh Malvania, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Tika
Labdhisāra Payadisamukkittaņa Puvvānupeha
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Megbacandra
(-) Padmanandi Balacandra
Paramappa payāsu
Yogindradeva
Tīkā
Jogasaru Siddbāntasara Asavasantati Ārahaņāsāra
Jinacandra Śrutamuni Devasena
Vrtti & Tīkā... Tīkā
Prabhācandra Bälacandra Keśavavarni Santikirti
(1755) Maghanandi (c. 1253)
Padārtbasāra
Sangraha grantba ,,
Sastrasārasa muccaya
Now some obseryations may be offered on the contents of tbis table : The commented Prakrit works are mostly in Jaina Ŝauraseos; two are in Apabhramsa; the Siddhanta sāra, being concerned with the twelve Angas, may be linked with Ardbamāgadhi to some extent; and Maghanandiś works, being of the nature of sangraha granthas with Kannada Commentary, concern with different Prakrit dialects and Sanskrit too. Kundakunda and Nemicandra are the most commented authors. The earliest known Kannada Commentator is Cāvumdarāya (978 A.D.) and the latest one is Santikīrti (1755 A.D.). Besides these Kannada Commentaries on Prakrit works there are found a number of such ones wherein the commentators' names are absent. It is aiso possible .that many of these may be just the copies of the above noted ones. 24 At this context it is worth noting that in those days the Kannada Commentaries on Prakrit works were held in high esteem in the world of scholars as is seen in the following facts : Rămacandra Mucuksu partly based bis Sanskrit Punyaśrava-Kathakośa25 on Bbrājişnu's Kannada Commentary on the Ārādhana and Keśavavarņi's Kannada Commentary on the Gommațasara was rendered into Sanskrit.26
Besides these Kannda Commentaries on Prakrit works, there is found a Kannada 'tātparya' of Pavayaņasāra by Padmapandi27 and the Kannada translation of Jñanacandra Carita of Vāsavacandramuni by Pujyapadayogi
24 As found in Pt. Bhuja bali Shastri's Suci, 25 As noted above. 26 As noted by Dr. A. N. Upadhye, Jřāna Pitha Patrika. Oct. 1968, p. 4. 27 Pt. Bhujabali Shastri's Suci.