Book Title: Pushkarmuni Abhinandan Granth
Author(s): Devendramuni, A D Batra, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Rajasthankesari Adhyatmayogi Upadhyay Shree Pushkar Muni Abhinandan Granth Prakashan Samiti
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श्री पुरुकरमुनि अभिनन्दन ग्रन्थ : षष्ठम खण्ड
scholars have claimed that the author of this work is Kundakundācārya (Elācārya). Generally it is attributed to Valluvar ; but scholars have differed on the details of his life. Discussing all such points Prof. Pillai observes : "That he was a Jain admits of no doubt."
Vide op. cit. pp. 79-88. 11. This important work, however, has not yet come to light. It is mentioned in the commen
tary of Yāpparungalam. Vide Prof. Pillai, op. cit., p. 139. 12. Like Dr. K. V. Ramesh, Intro. to Jaina Literature in Tamil, pp. XVIII-XIX. 13. For further details on Malayalam Literature, Vide Shipley's Encyclopaedia of Literature,
New York 1946, pp. 536-539. 14. Op. cit, p. 61. 15. Vide Jainism in Kerala, Journal of Indian History, Vol. XXXV-2, 1957. 16. It is the Kuppatūr inscription of 1408 A.D.: Epigraphia Carnatica, Vol. VIII, Sb. 261. 17. The general sketch of the Jaina literature in Kannada drawn here, is mainly based on: (i)
Kavicarite, Vols. 1-III by R. Narasimhachar, Bangalore 1961-63, (ii) History of Kannada Literature, by the same author, Mysore 1940. (iii) Epigraphia Carnatica, Vols I and II.
(iv) Sasanapadya Manjari, by R. Narasimhachar, Bangalore 1923. 18. It is interesting to note that of the 375 Jaina epigraphs in different languages recently
collected in the Jaina Silalekha Sangraha, Part V (M. D. J. Series No. 52, Delhi 1971), 110
are in Kannada : Introduction by the editor Dr. Johrapurkar, p. 15. 19. Bhrājisņu is mentioned by Rāmacandra Mumuksu, author of the Punyasrava Kathakośa.
For details on his Kannada commentary on the Arādhanā, Vide 'Observations on some Sources of the Punyāsrava Kathākośa,' by Dr. B. K. Khadabadi, Journal of Karnatak
University (Humanities), Vol. XIV, 1970. 20. (0) There could also be some commentaries on a few important works of Kundakudācārya
viz., Pancāstikāya, Pravacanasāra, Samayasāra, Niyamasära, etc. and the Mülācāra of
Vattkera. (ii) With the addition of these; the mammoth attempt at the commentarial exposition in
Kannada of the early stratum of the pro-canon of the Digambaras would have been
completed. 21. For all details and comparative study of this important Kannada Jaina classic, vide
'Vad dāradhane : a study,' by Dr. B. K. Khadabadi, Karnatak University, Dharwar 1977. 22. History of Kannada Literature p. 66. 23. Edited by Pt. K. Bhujabali Shastri, Bharatiya Jñānapitha, Varanasi, 1948. 24. Available in Kannada : Karnataka Kavicariteya Anukia Krtisuci, by S. Shivanna, Mysore
University, 1967.
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