Visesavasyakabhasya Part 1

Author(s): Jinbhadrasuri, Dalsukh Malvania
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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It is to be noted that na is used invariably, that is, it occurs in the beginning as well as in the middle of a word. This means that na is not used.
poidam (1423, 1429), vahoduvadi (1024). bhojja (127).
Moreover, there is no uniformity about the use of anusvira instead of. Hence we find bujjhamti, benti, honti, indiya, pajjamtae, abbhantara, nandle, samtara, sutakhandha, gamtukama, etc.
is not used but is rarely used in this ms; anusvara is used for them.
In this ms. suffix mi is uniformly used; that is, therein we do not come across a single case of the use of mi.
Sometimes keyi and keyi are used instead of kei and kei respectively. It is interesting to note that there occurs at the end of this ms. the following gathas not found in any other mss.
paca sala igalisa saganivakalassa vaṭṭmāṇassa | to cellapunimae budhadiņa satimmi nakkhatte || rajja'ya plana pare siläiccammi naravarindammi / valabhinagarie imam mahadı[sirisam!i] jinabhavane ||
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In the first gatha the mention of 15th day of Caitra Sukla of the Saka 331 is made. This corresponds to 26th June, A. D. 609. Ac. Shri Jinavijayaji is of the opinion that this date represents the day when Jinabhidra completed the composition of the present text. But I beg to differ from this esteemed scholar. The fact that these gathãs do not occur in any other mss. suggests that the date mentioned in the gathā represents the day when the work of copying the ms. which the copyist of the present ms. used as model was completed. Or, this date represents the day when this model ms. was deposited in the temple referred to in the gata. This is what I opine. Be as it may; but it is certain that this date comes very near to the traditionally accepted date of the death of Ac. Jinabhadra. According to Vicarasreni Ac. Jinabhadra died in 650 of Vikrama Era (A. D. 593). For further information on this topic one may refer to my introduction to Ganadharavada.
This Palm-leaf ms. of the text of Visesavasyakabhäşya, belongs to the Tapigaccha Bhandara at Patan. It contains 76 leaves. The readings from this ms. were taken by Shri Nagindas Shah under the guidance of Muni Shri Punyavijayaji who supplied them to me.