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65 [-8 49 Jainendra-vyakarana: Its Character yuna Śabdānušāsana (which dates from 1025 A. D., as we shall see) is largely indebted to the Jainendra. A Digambara Darianaśästra of 853 A. D. mentions, as stated by Dr. Peterson,' a pupil of a certain Pujyapāda as being the founder of a Dravida-sangha. Lastly, an inscription from the Sankhabasti temple at Lakshmeśvara records a gift in Saka 652 (730 A. D.) of Sri-Pujyapada to his house-pupil, although this last is not quite a trust- worthy evidence, being not contemporaneous, and there may have been more than one Pūjyapāda. 49. Character of the Jalniendra-vyäkarapa. There are two versions in which the Jainendra grammar has come down to us. The shorter one which consists of about 3,000 Satras is followed by Abhayanandi in his gloss on the grammar, while the longer one which, besides other minor differences in the wording and the arrangement of the sutras, gives over 700 sutras not found in the shorter version, is followed by Somadeva in his commentary called Sabdärpavachandrika, which, as he himself tells us, was composed in A. D. 1205. Professor Pathak has ac- cumulated evidence tending to show that the longer version followed by Somadeva is the truer one, while that of Abhayanandi is much later." The Jainendra grammar is altogether wanting in originality. It is nothing but Panini and the vārtikas condensed as much as possible. The merit of the work solely consists in the number of ingenuous shifts resorted to for the purpose of securing the maximum economy of words. Even the most trifling changes such as that of Art into , of # into , and the altera- tion of the order of the words in the sutras" so as to 1 Report fur 1883-84, p. 74. subject. 2 Professor Pathak intends abort- & Panini vii. 1.0 Faila is ly to write a paper on the changed into their ( 9 [ Sk. Gr.]