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XX: SARAVALI PRAKĪRNAKA
4. Pra. : The copy of a handwritten mss. of this
prakirnka later used by Muni Sri Punyavijayaji.
The variations in the texts in these mss. Nos. 1 - 4 have been taken from "Painnayasuttăim edited by Muni Śrī Punyavijayajī. For more details on these manuscripts we recommend that the readers refer to pp 23–27 of the Preface to Painnayasuttăini:
The Author Of Sārāvalī Prakīrnaka -
As far as the question of the authorship of Sārāvali Prakīrnaka is concerned, there is neither any internal nor any external evidence available so far. Hence, in the absence of any authentic evidence, it is very difficult to say anything about the author of this prakīrnaka. Amongst the prakīrnaka texts, there are only two, namely Devendrastava and Jyotiskarandaka, wherein there is a clear niention of the authors' names. In the later prakārnakas, again, Bhaktaparijñā, KuśalānubandhiCatuhsarana and Arādhanāpatākā are the only ones that carry a mention of the neme of their composer, Vīrabhadra.' In Bhaktaparijñā and Kusalānubandhi Adhyayana -Catuhsarana Prakirnaka', there is a clear mention of the name of the author. In Arādhanāpatāka, though there is no direct mention of the name of the author, it is strongly inferred from the 51" verse of the text
9 A. Devindatthao - Painnayasuttāim, Pt. I, verse 310.
B. Joisakarandagam painnayani, ibid., Pt. I verse 105. 10 A. Bhattaparinnā painnayam, ibid., Pt. I verse 172.
B. Kusalānubandhi Ajjhayanam - 'Causaranapa innayam', ibid. Pt. I, verse 63. C. SiriVīrabhaddāyariyaviraiyā Ārāhanapadāyā , ibid., Pt. II, verse 51.
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