Sambodhi 1982 Vol 11

Author(s): Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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The Pañcagranthi-Vyakarana of Buddhisagarasûri
Vardhamanasūri, who is said to have further educated them Jaina lores, before consecreting them as 'Surr'. This must have taken at least a decade or so. And then they went to Patan, and after that Buddhisagarasuri finished his work in Jalor, in 1023 A.D. At this time, as per our rough calcuation as chalked out above, Buddhisägarasuri must have been of about thirty-five years of age. The year of his birth, thus, falls in 988 A.D.
This period of Buddhisägarasüri's life between 988 1023 A.D., coincides with that of his elder brother Jinesvaras uri. too Thus, we can surmise with a high degree of certitude that both these Jaina luminaries flourished in the first half of the 11th century AD, and were contemporaries of Paranara King Bhojaraja ct Mäivä, as also of the Solanki Kings Cămundāja, Vallabi araja, Duriatharaja 10 Elmaceva the First, cf Gujarat.
THE WORKS
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Although the two brothers were very sharp and equally learned both in the Brahmanić and the Jainistic lores, Buddhisagarasuri is so far known to be the author of only one work, viz, the Pañcagraathivyakarana. There is no reference to any other work of his either in his own work or in those of his contemporaries and successors. On the other hand his elder brother Jinesvarasur is recorded to have been the author of about seven works, viz., Sanskrit commentary on the Astakas of Haribhadrasûri, Pancaling-prakaraṇa, Cobalt āņa pagatana, V1. acarura (Nuvāņa āvai! kabā, Kathāku sa, and Piama lakṣma with au auto commentary 44 THE PANCA-GRANTHI-VYAKAKANA
Jinesvarasuri who, as we have seen above, was an elder brother and a co-disciple and neuce an undoubled contemporary of Buduhisāgarasūri, has speciically alluded to the P.ñca-grauthi-vyākaraṇa of the latter in the concluding verses of his Prama-laşma and nas revealed the circumstanses that inspired them oota to compose their respective works Jincsv. arasuri states that there were critics in their times who taunted the Sveranbara Jainas with the remarks that they did not have to their credit a single work on N,ã, a nor on Grammar, that they depended on the work of others, thus proving that they have originated only recently, and hence they are not authentic Jainas 45 It was with a spirit of challenge, calcu lated to fill a serious gap ia the literature of the Svetambara Jainas in the field of Nyaya and Vyākaraṇa that both these broiner Jaina pricep tors Jin.svarsuri and Buddnisagarasuri undertook to compose a work