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Some Less known Verses of Siddhasena Divakara
lie hidden or undetected. They cannot be missed, nor can they be mistaken as anybody else's, by a perceptive eye.
(This is a revised and enlarged version of my original paper sent to Shri Deshabhushanji Maharaj Felicitation volume.)
Notes and References 1. Cf. Muni Jambuvijay (editor), Dvādasaran rayacakrań, pt. 1, Bhavnagar 1966,
Preface (Sanskrit), p. 10, and Introduction (Gujarāti), p. 48. 2. "fa-4981-faafatetia-adap: afa wangi: Freef:”' gcalastact Facala - fagealtor | Muni Jambuvijaya, p. 314 And :
तथाचाचार्यसिद्धसेन आह-'यत्र ह्यर्थो वाचं व्यभिचरति नाभिधानं तत्” इति । Cf. Muni Jambuvijayă (editor) Dvādaśāram nayacakram Pt. 2. Bhavnagar 1976,
p. 588. 3. Janubuvijaya, Dvādaśāram-nayacakram, p 314. 4. The style of the phrase under reference does remind of Siddhasenācārya. 5. The medieval and later medieval prabandhas and caritras so aver. There are at
present no means available to confirm or contradict their statement. 6. Ed. Jinavijaya Muni, Singhi Jaina Series, No. 13 Ahmedabad-Calcutta 1931. 7. I am discussing this question at some length in my paper "A propos of the
"Yápaniya Affiliation of Siddasena Divākara." 8. For detailed discussion, see Charlotte Krause, “Sidhasena Divakara and Vikra
maditya," Vikaram Volume, Ujjain 1948, pp. 213-280. Pt. Hiralal Jain wrote a paper in Hindi in which he places Siddha-ena Divākara exclusively in Chandra. gupta Il's time instead of his predecessor Samudragupta as well as Candra. gupta II as was done by Krause: Cf. "A contemporary Ode to Candragupta Vik
ramāditya" Madhya Bhārati, No. 1, Jabalpur University. Jabalpur 1962 9. Perhaps the nature and content of the e stanzas are such that the Jaina writers
hardly had use of them in their con mentatorial writings. 10. Jinavijaya Muni, p. 59. 11. Ed. Pt. L. B. Gandhi, Singhi Jaina Serics, No. 28, Bom ay 1949. 12 Cf Mohanlal Mehta, Jaina Sahitya kā Byhad Itihäs, pt. 3 (Hindi), Parshwa
nath Vidyashram Series No. 11, Varanasi 1967, p. 375, for quotation. 13. Cf. H. R. Kapadia (ed), Anekantajayapatakas Vol. II, Gaekwad's Oriental
Series No. CV, Baroda 1917, Introduction. pp. LC, LCVI, and LCVII. 14. Mehta, Jaina sahitya., p 370. 15. Gandbi, p. 37. 16. Cf. Visesavatyahabhāsyu, Pt. III, Eds. Pt. Dalsukh Malvania and Pt.Bechardas
"J. Doshi, Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Series No. 21, Ahmedabad 1968, p. 741. 17: Comp. Muni Shri Punyavijayaji, Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts
Jesalmer Collection, L. D. Series 36, Ahmedabad 1972, p. 207.
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