On Jaina Apabhraṃśa praśastis

Clercq, Eva (2010) On Jaina Apabhraṃśa praśastis. Acta Orientalia, 63 (3). pp. 275-287. ISSN 0001-6446

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the praśasti s, “eulogies”, which became a standard in Apabhraṃśa sandhibandha s, a literary style used almost exclusively by Digambara Jainas. It retraces the insertion of lengthy praśasti s to Puṣpadanta’s Mahāpurāṇu and, by looking at the works of Vibudha Śrīdhara and Raïdhū, it discusses its evolution to a means of social prestige for patrons. By indicating and analysing some of the information provided in these praśasti s, the paper further explores their possibilities as historical sources, providing information about political, social, and religious history, for times and places of which other sources are sometimes limited.

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