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Sāmāyiya etc., is also gahā 477 in the Síva Kānda of the Gommatasara."7 Qt.No.10 Savvammi etc., is gahā 1776 in the Mülaradhana of Śivarya.18 It is also gāhā 26 in Ba.A. Q.NO.11 Savve payadi etc., is gahā 29 in Bā.A. And Qt.No.12 Savve vi poggalā etc, is gabā 25 in Ba.A. again:19 Qts.Nos.3 and 5, however, yet remain to be traced to their sources.
Thus Camundaraya's main sources for his Prakrit quotations are:--
(i) The Mularadhanā of Sivarya (c.1st Centursys A.D.,) (ii) The Mułacara of Vattakera (c.2nd Cent.A.D.) (ii) The Barasa Anuvekkhā of Kundakunda (c.2nd
Cent.A.D.) (iv) The Gommatasāra of Nemicandra (10th Cent.A.D.)
We already know that Camundarāya has respectfully referred to the mularādhanā and the Mülacara in the early part of his work. As a pious lay disciple and receiving proper instruction in the essential tenets of Jainism at the feet of his revered teacher, he must have been acquainted with the Bārasa Anuvekkhā of Kundakunda. The Gommatasāra was specially composed for him. Moreover he had the credit of producing some desi (Kannada) work (Pratilipi or Chāyā) concerning it.20 Hence, it appears, he was quite pleased to draw upon all these four sources for most of his Prakrit quotations so as to make his Kannada work much more venerable for the liberable readers. Moreover these Prakrit quotations reflect Cāmundarāya's scholastic equipment with the knowledge of the Jaina Pro-canonical works, the credit of possessing which, really, must go to his teacher, Acārya Nemicandra-the Siddhānta Cakravarti.
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