Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 4

Author(s): Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication

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(i) जिनभद्रगणिक्षमाभ्रमणपूज्यपादैस्तु नोकम् । (ii) अत एव पूज्यपादैः स्वटीकायां प्रायोपग्रहणं कृतम् । (iii) क्षमाश्रमणटीका त्वीयम् । (iv) क्षमाश्रमणटीकापीयम् ।
(v) श्रीमत्क्षमाश्रमणपूज्यपादानामभिप्रायो लक्षणीय :
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Although these references show how much respect the commentator had for Jinabhadragaṇi Kṣamāśramana, they do not in any way lead us to believe that Jinabhadragani was his preceptor. On the contrary, we find a reference which shows a considerable gulf of time between the dates of Jinabhadragaṇi and Silankācārya.
The reference is this:
भाष्याननुयायि पाठान्तरमिदं अग्रतः, एवमनेनैव वृद्धिक्रमेणेत्यादेरर्वाक्, न चेदं भूयसीषु प्रतिषु दृश्यते ॥
This reference shows that there were various readings of Viseṣāvasyaka Bhāṣya in the time of Śilaikācārya, which means that a considerable period of time must have elapsed after the composition of the Viseṣāvasyaka Bhāṣya. This, therefore, prevents us from accepting the view that Jinabhadragani Kṣamäśramaṇa was the preceptor and hence the contemporary of Silaṁkācārya.
Thus there are many difficulties in accepting Jinabhadragani as the contemporary of Silānkācārya or even that of Haribhadra sûriji and others.
It is, therefore, proper to believe that unless and until there is no evidence against the belief of the tradition, there is no objection in accepting the date of Jinabhadragani Kṣamāśramaņa as roughly about the second half of the seventh century V. S.
It is hoped that transltiteration, translation, and the digest of Sanskrit commentary attached to each verse will prove useful to the students of Jaina Philosophy.
Gujarat College,
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AHMEDABAD. 27th October 1947.
Ibid p. 15.
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