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ANCIENT JAINA HYMNS
3. THE VARAKĀŅA-PĀRŠVANĀTHA-STAVANA.
The author of this hymn is Acarya Hemavimala Suri, a well-known ecclesiastic diginitary, for whose life the following sources are available:
(1) "Vira-vaṁsāvalı" in Gujarati, a work which seems to be full of detailed information, but was accessible only in abstract;1
(2) "Laghu-Posālika-paṭṭāvali", likewise available only in abstract;2
(3) "Hemavimala-phāga" by Muni Hamsadhira, pupil of Dānavardhana, V. S. 1554, edited by Muni Jinavijaya;3
anonymous,
(4) "Hemavimalasüri-sajjhāya", obviously composed during the Acārya's life-time;"
(5) "Hemavimalasūri-sajjhāi"
by
hamsa, which was not available to me;"
(6) "Gacchanayaka-paṭṭāvali-Sajjhai', composed by Somavimala in V. S. 1602, which Muni Jinavijaya quotes;
Sundara
(7)
"Tapa-Gaccha-paṭṭāvali-sūtra”,
composed
by Upadhyaya Dharmasagara in V. S. 1646 in Prakrit and Sanskrit;"
(1) J. G. K., II, p. 723, note; J. St. Sand., II, Introduction, p. 108, note. (2) J. Ait. G. K. S., Appendix, p. 96 ff.; J. G. K., II, p. 743; J. St. Sand., II, Introduction, p. 109.
(3) J. Ait. G. K. S., p. 186-190; it is also mentioned by Muni Caturavijaya, J. St. Sand., II, Introduction, p. 115, where, however, the poet's Guru is quoted as "Dayāvardhana".
(4) J. Ait. G. K. S., p. 190-192.
(5) J. G. K., III, p. 553.
(6) J. G. K. I, p. 188; J. Ait. G. K. S., Ap. p. 96.
(7) Patt. Sam. I, p.
68 ff.
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