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GUNARTNA'S SÄRADIFIKĀ
T S, Nand!
Gunaratnagani's Saradipika is a commentary on the K.P of Mammaa, I have been working on this unpublished work Here are some observations concerning the work, the author, etc
(1)
Mss Material Two mss of the Saradipika, one each from Baroda and Poona have been made available to me The Baroda A., DOW onwards referred to as B, consists of 490 leaves, with 10100 granthagres, its accession number in the catalogue of the Oriental Institute, Baroda, being 2763. The Poona ms, now onwards referred to as P, consists of 112 pages, and is mentioned In the BORI, mss, cat Vol. XII Kane says that the ms is dated samvat 1742, while De observes that it is dated sagavat 1850 On verlfication De is found to be correct However, the B., at the aud mentions samvat 1742 But neither De nor Kane refers to B
A careful comparlafon of both the mss B & P reveals that both som to have been copied out from an identical source, and that very Hote scope for the consideration of variants is left. On closer study, is found that P has many more scribal mistakes when compared with B However, it may be noted that P also proves to be of great use while filling up the lecunae left ont in B, or while correcting the currupt portion. Actually it has been observed that in both B & P, the text is very offen equally currupt.
(II)
The Author, his works, life, date, etc.
Gunaratnagani who composed his Saradipika on the K. P., dourished earlier than the year sam 1742, as mentioned in the colophon at the end of ullasa X, which reads
इति श्री खरतरगच्छाधीशश्री जिन माणिक्यरिशिष्य श्रीविनयस मुद्राणिशिष्यवाचकगुणरत्नगणिविरचिता काव्यप्रकाशसारदीपिका संपूर्णा, संवत् १७४२ वर्षे शा १६०७ प्रवर्तमाने माघमासे कृष्णपक्षे ८ तिथौ मृगुवासरे 1 लोकसंख्या १०१०० ।
