Vajjalaggam

Author(s): M V Patwardhan
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society

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VAJJALAGGAM
गच्छे पृथौ श्रीमति मानभद्रसूरिर्बभूव प्रथितः पृथिव्याम् । तदीयपद हरिभद्रसूरिजोऽखिलक्ष्मातललोकपूख्यः ।।१।। तच्छिष्यलेशोऽस्ति गुणानुरक्तः श्रीधर्मचन्द्रः सकल: कलाभिः ।
निपीय यद्भागमृतं सुधाया मनोहरं नो विबुधाः स्मरन्ति ॥२॥ विद्यालये प्राकृतेऽस्मिन् सुभाषितमणाविह । लिलेख लेखकछायां रत्नदेवश्च तद्विरा ॥३॥
शिखिग्रहानिचन्द्रे (% १३.३) हि प्रमिते वत्सरे परे।
ग्रन्थोऽयं संख्ययाख्यातः सहस्त्रत्रितय ननु ।।४॥ Ms C (No. 824 of the L. D. Institute of Indologi, Ahmeda. bad) used by me, however, gives the name of the commentator as Dhanasāra, both at the beginning and the end. Beginning:
श्रीअश्वसेनवसुधाधिपवंशरत्नं श्रीशारदां सुरनम'कृपादपमाम् ।
नत्वा गुरूंश्च धनसारकविः प्रसन्नां विद्यालयस्य विकृति विदधेऽर्थसाराम् ॥४|| End:
ओ केशगच्छगगनाङ्गणमानुतुल्यश्रीसिद्धमूरिपदपंकजभगधुर्यः । वृत्तिं चकार धनसारसुधीन्द्रचन्द्रो विद्यालयस्य विषमापदप्रदीपाम् ।।१।। दस्तेषुवाणशशधरवर्षे ( = १५५३) चैत्रस्य शुद्धपञ्चम्याम् ।
विद्यालयस्य हीका विदधे धनसारपाठकप्रवरैः ॥२॥ Thus according to the colophon of Ms E and Ms I, the name of the author of the commentary on the VL is Ratnadeva, who composed the commentary called chāyā on the Vajjā lagga at the request of Sri-Dharmacandra who was a disciple of Haribhadrasūri, who, as a successor of Mānabhadrasūri, held the office of high priest (or chief)of the Pșthu Gaccha. The colophon further says that the commentary was written by Ratnadeva in the year 1393 (probably of the Samvat era), which corresponds to 1337 A.D.' Ms C, however, gives the name of the author of the commentary (called fagre or afa) as Dhanasāra, a disciple of Śrī Siddhasūri, who was a distinguished member (perhaps, chief) of
1. In the commentary on st. 387, Ratnadeva quotes from the Haima-desiya-nāmamala [ चुज्जमच्छरिए इति हैमदेशीयनाममालायां तृतीये काण्डे । (Desinamamala of Hemcandra III.14)]. This proves that Ratnadeva must have lived after Hemacandra, whose date is 1088 A. D. to 1188 A. D. The Amarakosa is quoted on two occasions viz, on st. 4 and st. 52.