Two Prakrit Versions of Manipati Charitra

Author(s): R Williams
Publisher: Royal Asiatic Society

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2 TWO PRAKRIT VERSIONS OF THE MAŅIPATI-CARITA author
language date amongst other works an Arādhanā-caupai and a Sim
hāsana-batrīśī. II. Munipati-caritra Dharmamandira Gujarati Sam. 1725
Desai : Jaina Gurjara kavīo, vol. II, p. 234 and vol. III,
p. 1243. Dharmamandira, pupil of Dayākušala of the Bivandaņika Gaccha was the author of numerous rāsas
and caupais. 12 Munipati-carita Jinaharşa
Gujarati Sam. 1754 Schubring : Jaina Handscriften No. 1052. Jinaharşa, pupil
of śāntiharşa of the Bivandaņika Gaccha was an extremely prolific writer : see Desai : Jaina Gurjara Kavīo,
vol. III, pp. 81/119, where however this work is not listed. 13. Munipati-rāsa Udayaratna Gujarati Sam. 1761 Desai : Jaina Gurjara Kavio, vol. II, p. 393, and vol. III,
p. 1351. Udayaratna, pupil of Sivaratna of the Tapā
Gaccha was again an extremely prolific writer. 14. Munipati-rāsą Gajavijaya Gujarati Sam. 1781
Desai : Jaina Gurjara Kavio, vol. III, p. 1443, where the author is described as a pupil of Pritamavijaya of the
Tapā Gaccha. 15 Munipati-kathā
Gujarati A prose paraphrase of fairly recent date. There is a copy
in the bhandāra of Kāntavijayajī at Baroda. 16. Munipati-rāsa Ratnavijaya Gujarati
A metrical version printed at Ahmedabad A.D. 1903. The
author is described as the pupil of Dharmavijaya. 17. Munipati-caritra Sukhalāla Kalyāņaji Gujarati
A modern paraphrase of the MPCH with extensive digres
sions on the duties of a layman. Published at Ahmedabad
A.D. 1891. 18. Munipati-caritra Maganalāla Hāțhisarga Gujarati
Similar to the preceding but expressly described on the
title-page as a translation from the Prakrit. Printed at • Ahmedabad, A.D. 1899. In addition to these works the Mudrita Jaina Svetāmbarādi grantha nāmāvali refers to two Sanskrit versions—perhaps Nos. 2 and 5 of the above list-as existing in print.
It is not improbable that other versions, unnoticed here, exist in manuscript.