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:''Not to be confused with Somadeva, author of Kathasaritsagara.'' Somadeva Suri was a south Indian Jain monk of the 10th century CE (fl. 959-66, possibly born in Bengal region about 920), author of a work known as "Upasakadyayana" "chapter on lay followers (''upasakas'')", a central work of Digambara ''shravakacara'' literature, i.e. instructions and prescriptions for ''shravakas'' or Jain followers.〔Mukund Lath, Somadeva Suri and the question of jain Identiry, Michael Carrithers, Caroline Humphrey, ''The Assembly of listeners: Jains in society'', Cambridge University Press, 1991, ISBN 978-0-521-36505-5, chapter 3.〕 "Upasakadyayana" is a section of the champu text ''Yashastilaka''. Girish Karnad's play ''Bali'' is based on ''Yashastilaka''.〔Outlook, 2002, Volume 42, Issues 21-29, p. 162〕 Somadeva Suri also wrote the ''Nitivakyamrtam'' "Nectar of the Science of Polity" (ed. Sundaralala Sastri 1976, Menta 1987), a treatise on statecraft. The text of the ''Nitivakyamrtam'' mentions that Somadeva was also the author of a literary work called ''Yashastilaka'' (see Kavyamala, 70). He is sometimes regarded as a "revolutionary thinker of early medieval India", in his works he discusses the vices (pratyuhasamuha) which brought to the country the conquest of the Tajikas.〔Nationalism: Its Theory and Principles in India, Parmanand Parashar, Sarup & Sons, 1996 p. 119〕 It is notable that he describes the use of hydraulics for irrigating a garden.〔Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology, Part 2, Mechanical Engineering, Volume 4 of Physics & Physical Technology PT. 2, Joseph Needham, Cambridge University Press, 1965, p. 362〕 ==Lineage== Somadeva was a disciple of Acharya Nemideva of Devasangha section of Mula Sangh (associated with Akalankadeva). Somadeva composed Yashstilaka in the domain of Vagaraj, a feudatory of Rashtrakuta Krishna III. He is mentioned in copperplate and an inscription of the Chalukya clan. Vadiraj, author of Yashodhara-charita, and Pushpasena, (the teacher of Vadibhasimha, author of Gadyachintamani, were both disciples of Somadeva Suri.〔A History of Indian Literature: Buddhist literature and Jaina literature, Volume 2, Maurice Winternitz, Motilal Banarsidass Publisher, 1993 p. 515〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Somadeva Suri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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