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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
शृङ्गारार्णवचन्द्रिका
श्री अनन्तनाथाय नमः || निर्विघ्नमस्तु || जयति संसिद्धकाव्यालापपद्माकरेयं
and ends with
.....श्रवण वेलु गुलक्षेत्र निवासि बि विजयचन्द्रेण जैनक्षत्रियेण इदं ग्रंथं समाप्तं लेखीति. मंगलमहा ॥ श्री ॥
Generally speaking, the condition of the MS. is good but, occasionally, we are faced with lacunae in it. Wherever possible I have filled up these gaps. I have corrected scribal errors; and the readings, about which I felt doubtful, I have noted in the footnotes. In some cases I have corrected the readings by referring to the passages in the books used by the author. I have spared no pains in presenting the text of SC as faithfully as was possible in the circumstances.
2. THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF VIJAYAVARNI
Nothing is known about the personal history of Vijayavarni beyond what he has himself told us in the prasasti and the puṣpikā to his work1: he was a disciple of Munindra Vijayakīrti, a devout adherent of the doctrine of Syādvāda, propounded by the great Jinas. 2 In the course of a literary discourse he was once asked 1. इति परम जिनेन्द्रवदनचन्दिर विनिर्गतस्याद्वादचन्द्रिका चकोरविजयकीर्तिमुनीन्द्रचरणाब्जचञ्चरीक विजयव णिविरचिते नरेन्द्रशरदिन्दुसंनिभकीर्तिप्रकाशके
श्रीवीरनरसिंहकामिराजवङ्ग
2. स राजा काव्यगोष्ठीषु सभाजनविभूषितः ।
अपृच्छद्वितीयं नाम्ना कविताशक्तिभासुरम् ॥ I. 19
It appears, Vijayavarņi was also known as Dvitiya.
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