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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tells about writing the Paramāgamasāra. Two gātbās explain the subject matter of the text as follows:--
पंचत्थिकाय दव्व छक्क तच्चाणि सत्त य पदत्था। णव बंधी तक्कारण मोक्खा तक्कारणं चेदि ।। ९ अहियारो अहविहो जिणवयणनिरूविदा सवित्थरदो । वोच्छामि समासेण य, सुणुह जणा दत्तचित्ता हु।। १०
Thus it is clear that the subject matter of Paramägamasära is nava Padārthas or nipe categories of Jaina metaphysics and 194 gātbās are devoted to this purpose. Next fcur gathas from 195 to 198 may be called antyamangala. Rest of the gātbās from 199 to 205 contain the author's prasasti in which the date of completing Paramāgamasāra, its author and his guru-parampara are given as follows:
सगगाले हु सहस्से बिसयतिसट्ठी गदे दु बिसवरिसे । मग्गसिरसद्दसत्तमि गुरुवारे गंथ संपुण्णो ।। अणुवदगुरुबाले दू महव्वदे अभयचंदसिद्धंती । सत्थेभयसूरि पभाचंद खलु यमुणिस्स गुरु ।। श्री मूलसंघदेसियगणपुत्थयगच्छ कोडकुदाणं । परमण्णइंगलेसरबलिम्हि जादस्स मुणिपहाणस्स ।। सिद्धन्ताहयचंदस्स य सिस्सा बालचंदमुणिपवरो ।
सो भवियकुवलयाणामाणंदक। सदा जयउ ।। सदागमपरमागमतक्कागमणिरवसेसवेदी ह । विजिदसयलण्णवादी जयउ चिरं अभयसूरि सिद्धती ।। णय-णिक्खेव-पमाणं जाणित्ता विजियसयलपरसमयो । वरणिवाणिवलंदियपयपम्मा चारुकित्तिमुणि ।। वरसारत्तयणि उणो सुद्धप्परओ विरहियपरभावो ।
भवियाण पविबोहणपरो पहाचंदणाममुणी ॥ The Paramagamasara was completed in the saka year 1263 on Thursday the seventh day of bright Magasira, śrutamuni, the autbor of Paramāgamasāra, was the disciple of Balacanda and Abhayacanda Siddhānti, He had accepted the anuvratas from Balacanda and mahāvratas from Abhayacanda. He had learnt śāstras from Abhayasuri and Prabhācanda. Srutamuni belonged to Mulasangha, Desiya gana, Pustaka gaccha, Kodakunda-amnaya of Tiglesvarabali.
Fortunately the description given by Śrutamuni is cnofirmed by inscriptional records. I have noted it in the preface to my edition of Karmaprakrti of Abhayacanda (pages 6-7), published by Bhāratiya Jñānapith,