Yasastilaka and Indian Culture

SR No.: 001609
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Krishnakant Handiqui
Publisher: Jain Sanskruti Samrakshak Sangh Solapur
Publication Year: 1968
Total Pages: 566
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Story, Literature, & Culture
File Size: 16 MB

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18. QUOTATIONS AND RRFERENCES
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तदुक्तं रत्नपरीक्षायाम्
न केवलं तच्छुभकृपस्य मम्ये प्रजानामपि तद्विभूत्यै । यद्योजनानां परतः शताद्धि सर्वाननर्थान् विमुखीकरोति ॥ The work cited by Somadeva is Buddhabhatta's Ratnaparikṣā, and the verso is found in the text edited by Finot in Les Lapidaires Indiens (Paris, 1896). The work is incorporated in Garudapurāna (Purvakhanda, chapters 68-80) without acknowledgement. The verse cited by Somadeva is also found among the verses quoted from Garudapurāna in Bhoja's Yuktikalpataru in the section on gems. It may be noted that Garudapurina as well as the other two texts (with slight variations) read भाग्यैः प्रजानामपि तस्य जन्म for मन्ये प्रजानामपि तद्विभूत्यै recorded by Somadeva. In Book II the young Yasodhara is described as an expert in the examination of gems, like Sukanāsa, who seems to be an ancient authority on gems.
Reference to writers on elephants has been made in & preceding section. In Book II Yasodhara is compared to Raivata in the mastery of the science of horses. That there were works on the subject in the tenth century is shown by the reference to the ācāryaparişad committee of experts' appointed to select a horse on the occasion of Yasodhara's coronation
nd the use of technical terms. But Raivata is explained in the commentary as the son of the Sun, and appears to be a inythological figure. He is the same as the god Revanta mentioned in Brhatsaṁhită 58. 56, according to which his image should be represented as riding a horse, surrounded by a hunting party.
A quotation from Brhatsamhita, Chap. 60, occurs in Book IV. PUTEमिहरव्याहृते प्रतिष्ठाकाण्डे च
विष्णोर्भागवता मयाश्च सवितुर्विप्रा विदुब्राह्मगां मातृगामिति मातृमण्डलविदः शंभोः सभस्मा द्विजाः ।
शाक्याः सर्वहिताय शान्तमनसो नग्ना जिनानां विदुर्ये यं देवमुपाश्रिताः स्वविधिना ते तस्य कुथुः क्रियाम् ॥ A verse from Nimittādhyāya occurs in the same Book. FETT -
। पद्मिनी राजहंसाश्च निर्ग्रन्थाश्च तपोधनाः । यं देशमुपसर्पन्ति सुभिक्षं तत्र निर्दिशेत् ॥ A verse from Svapnūdhyāya is quoted in Book VI, section 1: 7 ari errents ser: खनाध्यायेऽतीव सुप्रसिद्धत्वात् । तथा हि
यस्तु पश्यति राज्यन्ते राजानं कुञ्जरं हयम् । सुवर्ण वृषभं गां च कुटुम्बं तस्य वर्धते ॥ There is a Svapnādhyāya in thirtyfive verses in Matsyapurana ( Chap. 242), but it does not contain the above verse which, however, occurs in the Svapnādhyāya included in Agnipurāna (Chap. 229). Two interesting references to Svapnūdhyāya or the science of dreams occur in Lalitavistara. In
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