Indian Antiquary Vol 39

SR No.: 032531
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 418
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[OCTOBER, 1910.
BOOK-NOTICE.
SRY-JAINA-YABO-VIJAYA-GRANTHAMALA. given by Dr. Guérinot in the Journal Asiatique, Benares, 1904 ff.
10. série, Vol. XIV, p. 102 1.
No. 8.-Mudrita kumudachandraprakarana by The learned Jainācharya Vijayadharmasüri
Yaśnschandra. Benares, Vira-Saravat 2432, pp. 51. having been good enough to present the German
A drama of five acts. The scene is laid at the Oriental Society with a complete set of the Jains
court of king Jayasitaha Siddharāja of Gujarat, works published under his directiou in a series
1 No. 10.-Kriyaratnasamuchchaya by Gunaentitled Bri-Jaina.Yabo-Vijaya-Granthamälā,
ratnasūri. Benares, Vira-Sanivat 243t, pp. 315. it gives me much pleasure to draw the attention of Sanskrit scholars to the carefully edited
This work was written in Vikrama-Samvat 1466.
It forms a supplement of Hēmachandra's grammar and beautifully printed volumes which we owe to his disinterested enterprise. During the
and contains very useful paradigms of Sanskrit Inst few years he has issued no less than fourteen
verbe.
No. 11.--Siddhahēmasutrapāthasya Akärädyabooks, a short description of which is subjoined
nukramanikā. Benares, Vira-Samvat 2435, pp. 46. here. No. 1.-Pramānanayatattvälókälamkāra by Vā
An alphabetical list of the aphorisms of Hēma
chandra's Sanskrit grammar. didēvasūri. Benares, 1904, pp. 65, on glazed
No. 12.-Kavikalpadruma by Harshakulagani paper. The author of this philosophical treatise
Benares, Vira-Samvat 2435, pp. 64. A treatise lived from Vikrama-Sarvat 1134 to 1226 and was
on the meaning of Sanskrit roots, composed about a contemporary of the Chaulakya king Siddha
Vikrama-Samvat 1570. rāja (ie., Jayasimba); see my Third Report on Sanskrit MSS., p. vi.
No. 13.-Abhayadēvasūri's Tattuabodhini, a No. 2.-Haimalingānubāsana by Hēmaobandri
huge, philosophical commentary on Siddhagēnacharya, with Avachūri. Benares, 1905, pp. 160.
divākara's Sanmatyakhyaprakarana. Benares,
Vira-Samvat 2436. The published portion conA fine edition of this well-known treatise on the
sists of 200 pages and contains the commentary gender of Sanskrit words.
on a single Prākpit stanza. This reminds of the No. 3.- Siddhahémababdanubásana by Hēma
great Jaina professor Vakragriva, who briefly chandracharya, with his own Laghuvritti, Dhätu
discussed the meaning of the word atha (the first patha, etc. Benares, 1905, pp. 590. A beautiful
word of his text) in the course of six months' edition in large type of Hēmachandra's Sanskrit
(Ep. Ind., Vol. III, p. 199). grammar.
No. 14.-Jagadgurukāvya by Padmasāgaragani. No. 4.-Gurvavali by Munisundarasüri. Ben
Benares, pp. 34. With a photograph of the highares, 1905, pp. 110. A pedigree of the teachers
priest Vijayadharmasūri, the editor of this series. of the Tapūgachchha sect, composed in Vikrama
A poem of 233 Sardūlavikridita stanzas in Samvat 1466 ; see above, Vol. XXIII, p. 179.
honour of the teacher Hiravijaya süri, written in No. 5.-The first two chapters (parichchheda) Vikrama-Sadivat 1648. of Vididēvaaüri's Pramananayatattvālākalankara Yahovijayajainagranthamala. This is a (No. 1) with Ratnaprabhacharya's commentary magazine arranged on the plan of the Bombay (Ratnākaravatārika) and two other commentaries. Kävyumāla. The two parts before me (for the Benares, Vira-Samvat 2431, pp. 136.
months Kärttika and Märgasirsha of Vira-Saravat No. 6.-Siddhahēmasatrapatha. Benares, Vira- 2436) contain the Jagadgurukävya (No. 14) and Sarnvat 2432, pp. 143. The aphorisms of Hēma- portions of the Vijayaprašasti kavya with comchandra's Sanskrit grammar.
mentary, Santināthucharita, Gadya-PandavuNos. 7 and 9.-Jainastotrasangraha. A collec- churita, Anekantajayapatākā with commentary, tion of religious poems. Two parts, pp. 118 and and Abhidhānachintamani with commentary, 256. Benares Vira-Samvat 2432. Part II con
HALLE (SAALE),
E. HOLTZSCH. tains a photograph of the high-priest Vriddbi. chandra. A list of the contents of Part I was 18th March, 1910.