Samraicca Kaha Vol 01

Author(s): Hermann Jacobi
Publisher: Asiatic Society

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INTRODUCTION. nahod by any of his own works, but by the Kuvalayamáls, a Prakrit poem by Uddyotana, which he fihished on the last day but one of the Sake-yoor 700,' equal to the 21st March, 779 A.D. In the Prasasti of this work Uddybtana mentions Haribhadra w his teacher in philosophy, praising him as the author of a great many books; the latter statement puts it beyond doubt that the great Haribhadra is the person intended. The fires who rightly understood the passage in question and recogpised its chronological bearing, was Munirāj Shri Jinavijaya. In his article “The date of Haribhadrasūri,” read at the First Oriental Conference, November 1919, Poona, and published uncer the title “Sri Haribhadrâcāryasya Samayaniryayaḥ” in the Jainsahityasamsodhaka Granthamālā, Poona, he discusses the whole question, examines the evidence, and puts his case in the clearest light. The following remarks are chiefly based on his paper.
... i utrete una fagrafom i.. Caitra ba-di. 14. This date is interesting from the point of view of the calendar. As tho Caitradi-year invariably, begins with the suklapakşa of Caitra, the date in question would seem to be rocordod according to the pūrņimanta scheme in which tho dark fortnight precedes the bright one. But as Kielhorn (Ind. Ant. 1898 p. 271 f.) hay shown from datos iņ inscriptions that in connexion with Saka-years almost always amūnta months are used, the prima faciē intar.' pretation of our date krcomes extremely doubtful. In the year under consideration, however, thore was an alhika Caitra which precedes the nija month; therofore in this case adhika Caitra ba. di. 14 is the last day but one of the preceding year, if the year bagan with nije Caitra, as it.qught to do, since the new moon initiating true Caitra immodiątely precedod Mosasamkranti. I, therefore, believe that Swamikannu Pillai's assertion (Indian Ephemeris vol. I, part), p. 65), “when there is an adhika Caitra, that begins the yoar," applies only to modern usage. .
The passage in which , Haribhadta is referred to, is corrupt as is shown by the metre.. In the MS. of tho Deccan College, the only one that svors to be available, it runs thûs : et forsirgt varuutet fost traigofra VAT I Muniraj Jinavijaya has satisfactortly emend. ed the toxt and supplied the missing syllables as follows: ut forwfu Js; varmare vun fenti varten Terownywewanti The first plda is connected with the preoeding worse which eulogises Uddyo.. tana's fonchor Virabhadra; and the following velho names his father Vasadvars who was a Katriya and became a Kaamkaramapa.