Prabandha Kosha


Prabandha-Kosha is an Indian Sanskrit-language collection of prabandhas. 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.
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.
Only the 7th prabandha in the collection is written completely in verse form; the rest of the prabandhas use colloquial Sanskrit prose.

Content

The Prabandha-Kosha contains 24 prabandhas, with 4,300 shlokas, on the following persons:

Suris (Jain scholars)

  1. Bhadrabahu and Varaha
  2. Aryanandila
  3. Jivadeva-Suri
  4. Aryakhapata Acharya
  5. Padaliptasuri
  6. Siddhasenasuri and Vriddhavadi
  7. Mallavadi-Suri
  8. Haribhadrasuri
  9. Bappabhattisuri
  10. Hemachandrasuri

Poets

  1. Harsha
  2. Harihara
  3. Amarachandra
  4. Madanakirti

Kings

  1. Satavahana
  2. Vankachula
  3. Vikramaditya
  4. Nagarjuna
  5. Udayana
  6. Lakshmana-Sena Kumaradeva
  7. Madanavarman

Jain householders / courtiers

  1. Ratna-Shravaka
  2. Abhada-Shravaka
  3. Vastupala and Tejapala