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INTRODUCTION
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which has many stanzas that are found nowhore else except in D. BORI 328
was the oldest dated Bhartṛhari MS known in India, of samvat 1617-A. D.
1560-1, prsthamatras being used throughout. Only the last two ślokas of the
3 (which ended at 102 or 103) are preserved. To calculate from the
remaining folios, the lost N and the S were of normal longth, as in D. On the
other hand the last few of the 124-stanza V of our F4 parallel the corres-
ponding stanzas of BORI 328 exactly. Finally, the single folio preserved of
ISM Gore 144 [from an anthology that contained at least a V, of 194
stanzas, followed by the Carpatapañjarī] gives some stanzas that appear only
in the V of GVS 2387.
Version E: The Dhanasara version. Commonest among N MSS, with
a popularity which results in wide variation and generally corrupt copies.
The Jain commentator Dhanasāra cannot be dated from the pontifical rolls of
the Upakeśagaccha [R. Hoernle: Indian Antiquary XIX, 1890, pp. 233-242]
where the name of his guru Siddhasuri recurs in a iriadic cycle. Muni
Jinavijayaji finds from the colophon of a MS of the Santināthacaritra in the
Singhi collection at Calcutta that Dhanasara's pupil's pupil wrote in samvat
1628śaka 1493 - A. D. 1571. From the prasasti in MS 1074 of this tikā in
Śrī Hamsavijayaji Mahārāja Jain Bhāṇḍār at Baroda, it would appear that
Dhanasāra wrote it at Jaipur in Samvat 1535, making him the oldest known
Bhartrhari commentator. Though the comment is perfunctory, its influence
can easily be traced. Because of its interest as a specimen of colloquial Jain
Sanskrit, I have edited the version and commentary separately, and hope to
publish the work elsewhere. In the first five of the following MSS, the commen-
tary runs consecutively with the text.
Eo BORI 795/1886-92; size 10" x 4-1/4"; fol. 18+17+18, 1. 15, let.
50. Dated 1688 May 10, March 26, April 1, rather corrupt. Colophon:
१७४५ वर्षे वैशाषमासे वदिपक्षे पंचमिदिनेयं [N on चैत्र शुदि ५, Śon चैत्र शुदि ११] लेखि ॥ लिखितं
पूज्य ऋषि श्री ५ भिखूजी प्रसादात से । मांडणाख्येनालेखि ॥ लेखकवाचकयोर्भद्रं ॥ श्री ॥ छ
E₁= BORI 332 [=277/1883-84]. N and Ś only. Size 10″ × 4-1/2″; fol.
41= 20+21; 1. 15, let. 50-52. Corrected, old enough to belong to the 16th
century. N. 36 [32]- mṛgamina thrust by mistake into the commentary.
The readings form a subgroup of E with BORI 382/1884-87.
E2 Baroda 1370; size 10-1/2" x 5-3/4"; fol. 48, 1. 18-20, let. 42-55.
Dated 1793 April 28. Contaminated with H readings. At least one folio in
the middle of the S must have been missing in original before copyist, to judge
from the disturbed text. Extra stanzas at the end of Ś agree precisely with BM
254, with which this must be taken to form another E subgroup. Colophon:
इति श्रीभर्तृहरिशतकं संपूर्ण सवृत्तिकं ग्रन्थाग्रन्थसर्वे २५६९ श्रीरस्तु. संवत् १८५० मिति प्रथमवैशाखे कृष्णपक्षे
द्वितीया तिथौ भृगुवासरे लि० सीताररामेण । लिखापितं यति डुंगरसीजी स्वार्थे.
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Es Baroda 1780; size 10-5/8″ × 4-5/8"; fol. 48 [1st 2 missing];
18-19, let. 48, Dated 1763 March 18. Lapses like the two preceding into an
occasional use of Prsthamātrās. Text readings tend to form another E subgroup
with E4, but some aberrant readings agree with I. Colophon: ªA TYYNCH-
ब्जप्रयुते [1820] चैत्रे सिते पक्षके पञ्चम्यां सुतिया सुभार्गवदिने यामे चतुर्थी वरे । श्रीभर्तृहरकाव्यकस्य
सुवृत्ति श्रीबोरुंदाख्ये पुरे प्राग्माणिक्यमुनिलिंलेख हि वरं रम्ये वसन्ते ऋतौ ॥ लेखकपाठकयो भद्रं भूयात् ॥
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which has many stanzas that are found nowhore else except in D. BORI 328
was the oldest dated Bhartṛhari MS known in India, of samvat 1617-A. D.
1560-1, prsthamatras being used throughout. Only the last two ślokas of the
3 (which ended at 102 or 103) are preserved. To calculate from the
remaining folios, the lost N and the S were of normal longth, as in D. On the
other hand the last few of the 124-stanza V of our F4 parallel the corres-
ponding stanzas of BORI 328 exactly. Finally, the single folio preserved of
ISM Gore 144 [from an anthology that contained at least a V, of 194
stanzas, followed by the Carpatapañjarī] gives some stanzas that appear only
in the V of GVS 2387.
Version E: The Dhanasara version. Commonest among N MSS, with
a popularity which results in wide variation and generally corrupt copies.
The Jain commentator Dhanasāra cannot be dated from the pontifical rolls of
the Upakeśagaccha [R. Hoernle: Indian Antiquary XIX, 1890, pp. 233-242]
where the name of his guru Siddhasuri recurs in a iriadic cycle. Muni
Jinavijayaji finds from the colophon of a MS of the Santināthacaritra in the
Singhi collection at Calcutta that Dhanasara's pupil's pupil wrote in samvat
1628śaka 1493 - A. D. 1571. From the prasasti in MS 1074 of this tikā in
Śrī Hamsavijayaji Mahārāja Jain Bhāṇḍār at Baroda, it would appear that
Dhanasāra wrote it at Jaipur in Samvat 1535, making him the oldest known
Bhartrhari commentator. Though the comment is perfunctory, its influence
can easily be traced. Because of its interest as a specimen of colloquial Jain
Sanskrit, I have edited the version and commentary separately, and hope to
publish the work elsewhere. In the first five of the following MSS, the commen-
tary runs consecutively with the text.
Eo BORI 795/1886-92; size 10" x 4-1/4"; fol. 18+17+18, 1. 15, let.
50. Dated 1688 May 10, March 26, April 1, rather corrupt. Colophon:
१७४५ वर्षे वैशाषमासे वदिपक्षे पंचमिदिनेयं [N on चैत्र शुदि ५, Śon चैत्र शुदि ११] लेखि ॥ लिखितं
पूज्य ऋषि श्री ५ भिखूजी प्रसादात से । मांडणाख्येनालेखि ॥ लेखकवाचकयोर्भद्रं ॥ श्री ॥ छ
E₁= BORI 332 [=277/1883-84]. N and Ś only. Size 10″ × 4-1/2″; fol.
41= 20+21; 1. 15, let. 50-52. Corrected, old enough to belong to the 16th
century. N. 36 [32]- mṛgamina thrust by mistake into the commentary.
The readings form a subgroup of E with BORI 382/1884-87.
E2 Baroda 1370; size 10-1/2" x 5-3/4"; fol. 48, 1. 18-20, let. 42-55.
Dated 1793 April 28. Contaminated with H readings. At least one folio in
the middle of the S must have been missing in original before copyist, to judge
from the disturbed text. Extra stanzas at the end of Ś agree precisely with BM
254, with which this must be taken to form another E subgroup. Colophon:
इति श्रीभर्तृहरिशतकं संपूर्ण सवृत्तिकं ग्रन्थाग्रन्थसर्वे २५६९ श्रीरस्तु. संवत् १८५० मिति प्रथमवैशाखे कृष्णपक्षे
द्वितीया तिथौ भृगुवासरे लि० सीताररामेण । लिखापितं यति डुंगरसीजी स्वार्थे.
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Es Baroda 1780; size 10-5/8″ × 4-5/8"; fol. 48 [1st 2 missing];
18-19, let. 48, Dated 1763 March 18. Lapses like the two preceding into an
occasional use of Prsthamātrās. Text readings tend to form another E subgroup
with E4, but some aberrant readings agree with I. Colophon: ªA TYYNCH-
ब्जप्रयुते [1820] चैत्रे सिते पक्षके पञ्चम्यां सुतिया सुभार्गवदिने यामे चतुर्थी वरे । श्रीभर्तृहरकाव्यकस्य
सुवृत्ति श्रीबोरुंदाख्ये पुरे प्राग्माणिक्यमुनिलिंलेख हि वरं रम्ये वसन्ते ऋतौ ॥ लेखकपाठकयो भद्रं भूयात् ॥