Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin 2

Author(s): G C Chaudhary
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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guished from other Jayasenas so far known to us: (i) Jayasena, the teacher of Dharmaghoşa, mentioned in the Mathura inscription of the first century A.D. (ii) Jinasena, the author of the Mahapurana (c. 838 A.D.) mentions one Jayasena as his Guru (Adipurana 1-59). (iii) Jinasena, the author of the Harivanía (A.D. 783)3, belonged to the Funnáța Sangha; and he gives a long list of his predecessors. In that, one Jayasena figures as his grand teacher. It is very difficult to ascer. tain whether both the Jinasenas have the same Jayasena in view. (iv) Jayasena has written Sanskrit commentaries on the three main works (Pañca stikāya, Pravacanasära and Samayasära) of Kundakunda. Some details about him are discussed in my Introduction to the edition of the Pravacanasara. He has been assigned to later than c. 1150. (v) Mahā. sena (or Mahasena), the author of Pradyumnacarita“, belonged to Lada Bagada Sang ba, and he mentions his grand teacher by name Jayasena. It is not unlikely that one is tempted to identify him with the author of DR. (vi) Then there is the author of the Pratişthapatha", Jayasena, alias Vasubindu, by name. He calls himself agra-sis ya of Kundakunda. King Lalatta had a big (dirgha) Caitya constructed on the Ratnagiri (Sahyadriņā sangata simni) in the territory of Kunkupa (Konkan), in the South. To mark that function, at the behest of the Teacher and to the joy of the residents of Kolhapur (Kolapura), Jayasena alias Vasubindu wrote (samlikhitah) this within a couple of days. Thus the Prasasti indicates that the author Jayasena is associated with Kolhapur. The late Pt. Bahubali Sharma told me once that this Ratnagiri stands for the present-day Jotiba hill near Kolhapur.
1. A.N. Upadhye : Pravacana āra, Intro; section on Jayasena, the common
tator : Para mananda Jain : Anekānta, VIII, 201-5. 2. Bhūratiya Jñanapitha, ed., Varanasi, 1951. 3. Bh"ratiya Jñānapitha, ed., Varanasi, 1962. 4. N. Premi : Jaina Sahitya ura Itihasa, 1st ed., pp. 183-84. 5. Pratisthāpatha, Sholapur, 1925. 6. The Dharmaroinūkara would be soon published from Sholapur.