Epigraphia Indica

Epigraphia Indica
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 496
Release: 1896
Genre: India
ISBN:

"A list of the inscriptions of Northern India in Brahmi and its derivative scripts, from about 200 A. C., by D. R. Bhandarkar.": issued as appendix to v. 19-23.

Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: Archæological Survey of India
Publisher:
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1915
Genre: India
ISBN:

Dravya Samgraha of Menimchandra Siddhanta Chakravarti

Dravya Samgraha of Menimchandra Siddhanta Chakravarti
Author: Nemicandra Siddhāntacakravartin
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1989
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9788120806344

Dravya-Samgraha is a Sanskritized title of a Prakrit work Drava-Samgaha or Compendium of Substances containing 58 gathas or verses.3:07 PM 9/13/01 The first part extending from verses 1 to 27 deals with the six substances recognized in the Jaina canon including the five Astikayas; the second part comprising verses 28-39 deals with the seven tattvas or reals and nine padarthas or categories; and the third part consisting of verses 40-57 describes the way to attain liberation. The last verse of the work mentions Muni Nemichandra as the author of these verses. He is better known as Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravartin or The master of the totality of the sacred writings and is known to have flourished at the close of the 10th or the beginning of 11th century C.E. The famous General Chamunda Raya has mentioned him as his teacher. The present work includes English translation of Dravya-Samgraha and the text of `Brahmadeva`s Sanskrit commentary Dravya-Samgraha-vrtti.