A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c8.207

c8.207

A photo-copy as well as the original Ms. of a work known as *Joṇipāhuḍa* can be had at the Bhandarkar O. R. Institute; but as this work is in a fragmentary condition and even several folios are not properly arranged, it is difficult to make out a head or tail out of it. Even then some lines are given by me in *D.C.J.M.* (vol. XVII, pt. I, pp. 383-384). From this we learn that this work is composed by Panhapravaṇa Muni, and it is copied in *Saṃvat* 1582. In another place, we notice the name *Praśnaśravaṇa* mahāmuni. Some take this work to be the same as *Joṇipāhuḍa*, but I have grave doubts about it. See my "Preface" (p. xxiv) to *D. C. J. M.* (vol. XVII, pt. III). In the introduction (p. 6) to *Nirvāṇakalikā* it is said: "Dharasena composed the Yoni-prabhrita about 135 A. D."