Works On Anupreksha In Kannada Literature

Author(s): Shubha Chandra
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2. Kalyanakirti's Anuprekse
Kalyanakirti (A. D. 1439) has written Jnanacandrabhyudaya, Ki man kathe, Cinmaya-cintamani, Nigakumira-carite, Tatvabhedāṣṭaka, Ananda-kand ali, and anuprekşe in Kannada and Jina-yajna-phalodaya, Yasodhara-carita and a work on medicine in Sanskrit.
विद्या एवं प्राकृत : अन्तरशास्त्रीय अध्ययन
There are 76 verses in Kalyāṇakirti's anu prekṣe. He says that he wrote this anu prekṣe for boys to read and so he stands first among the poets who wrote children's literature. He is influenced by Kundakunda's Bi rasa-aṇuvekkhā and has brought its meaning into Kannada.
Two more anu prekṣa works have come to my notice. They are yet in the manuscript stage. The manuscripts of these works are in the library of Jainadharmaśāla, Moodabidre and a microfilm of it is in the microfilm library of Institute of Kannada studies, Mysore University. Both these anu prekṣa works have thirteen verses each. No information about the author and other things could be known from the manuscripts.
Commentaries
(i) Viranandi (c. A. D. 1153) in the 10th chapter of his Acārasara' has written on anu prekṣā in 12 Sanskrit verses in Śärdülavikridita metre. Viranandi has written an auto-commentary on acarasara in Kannada. Though acarasara is not yet published with Kannada commentary, the anu prekṣa part of it has come to light. This part has some how entered into some of the manuscripts of Bandhuvarma's 'Jiva-Sambodhane'. In 'Jivasambodhane' at the beginning of each anuprekṣā there is a corresponding vrtta with commentary as an introduction which is taken from Acarasāra, In the printed text of 'Jivasombod hane' we have got vṛttas with Kannada commentary.
(ii) We have manuscripts of Kannada Commentary on Kundakunda's Bārasa-aṇuvekkha'. Dr. A. N. Upadhye had made a mention of one such manuscript in his introduction to 'Kartikeyanuprekṣa' (P. 21). This Ms. is in the Laxmisena Matha, Kolhapur. But he has not mentioned the name of the commentator.
(iii) I have seen a paper-manuscript of Brasa-aṇuvekkha's commentary in Kannada in the manuscript library of Bähuvali Asrama near Kolhapur. There are 90 gähäs in this Ms. and there is no mention the commentator.
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