Kathakosha

SR No.: 016058
Original Sutra Author: Prabhachandracharya
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year: 1974
Total Pages: 216
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Dictionary & Dictionary
File Size: 9 MB

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KATHĀKOŠA Pataliputra etc. ( quoted along with Kañcyan etc. ) is not found in the above record but is given at the close of some Mss. of the Svayambhūstotra. In the story of Samantabhadra, Sivakoti is put as a convert to Jainism who later on accepted ( as the story goes ) renunciation and composed Mülārādhana in 40 Sūtras ( Sections ? ), arha, linga etc. summarising in 2500 ( granthas ) the work of Lohācārya which contained 84000 (granthas ). The enumeration of the topics indicates that the Bhagavatī Arādhanā of Sivārya is in view.
4. LINGUISTIC PECULIARITIES OF THE TEXT
The Sanskrit expression and style used by Prabhācandra in this Kathākośa are of a popular type; and much of it can be appreciated only by presuming that he is writing with some sources in Prakrit before him. For understanding the back-ground of this study, the readers may be requested to note my observations in this regard in my Introduction (pp. 94 ff.) to the Bșhat-Kathakośa ( Bombay 1943) and to that (pp. 23 f.) of the Punyāsravakathākośa ( Sholapur 1964 ). A good monograph on this subject is available now in the 'Lexicographical Studies in Jaina Sanskrit' by B. J. Sandesara and J. P. Thaker ( Oriental Institute, Baroda 1962).
Though the Editor has normalised the spelling to a great extent, the Ms. takes a good deal of liberty in using ś, ş and s, for instance HT=AFEST (130.8)
The text, as it stands, does not enforce Samdhi in all the places : in fact, it is optional and conveniently practised. One can collect such instances on any page.