Original title प्रबन्धकोश Publication date 1349 CE Country India | Language Sanskrit Originally published 1349 Genre Prabandha | |
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Subject Collection of biographical legends | ||
Prabandha-Kosha (IAST: Prabandhakośa) is an Indian Sanskrit-language collection of prabandhas (legendary biographical narratives). It was compiled by the Jain scholar Rajashekhara Suri in 1349 CE. It describes the lives of 24 people, including 10 Jain scholars, 4 Sanskrit poets, 7 kings and 3 Jain householders. It is also known as Chaturvinshati Prabandha.
Contents
The content of the collection is based on the information that Rajashekhara obtained from his teacher Tilakasuri. He composed the work at Delhi, under the patronage of Madanasimha, whose father had been honoured by Shri Mahamad Shahi (probably Muhammad Tughluq).
Only the 7th prabandha in the collection (the one about Mallavadi-Suri) is written completely in verse form; the rest of the prabandhas use colloquial Sanskrit prose.
Content
The Prabandha-Kosha contains 24 prabandhas (anecdotes), with 4,300 shlokas (verses), on the following persons:
Suris (Jain scholars)
- Bhadrabahu and Varaha
- Aryanandila
- Jivadeva-Suri
- Aryakhapata Acharya
- Padaliptacharya
- Siddhasena-Suri and Vriddhavadi
- Mallavadi-Suri
- Haribhadra-Suri
- Bappabhatti-Suri
- Hemachandra-Suri
Poets
- Harsha
- Harihara
- Amarachandra
- Madanakirti
Kings
- Satavahana
- Vankachula
- Vikramaditya
- Nagarjuna
- Udayana
- Lakshmana-Sena (or Lakshana-Sena) Kumaradeva
- Madanavarman
Jain householders / courtiers
- Ratna-Shravaka
- Abhada-Shravaka
- Vastupala-Tejapala