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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YASASTILAKA AND INDIAN CULTURE
Chap. 12 it is mentioned among the branches of study in which the Bodhisattva distinguished himself. In chap. 6 we find mentioned a class of people whose vocation seems to have been the interpretation of dreams, being styled as स्वप्नाध्यायी पाठक.
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A reference to the science of arms occurs in Book III, the Dhanurveda being described as occupying the highest place among treatises on the āyudhasiddhānta. It is, however, doubtful whether the verse 3. 465 is a citation from the Dhanurveda. Somadeva says
यावन्ति भुवि शस्त्राणि तेषां श्रेष्ठतरं धनुः । धनुषां गोचरे तानि न तेषां गोचरो धनुः ॥ इत्यायुधसिद्धान्तमध्यासादितसिंहनादाद्धनुर्वेदादुपश्रुत्य .......
A Pañcatantra is mentioned in Book VII, section 31, but it is doubtful whether it has anything to do with the wellknown book of tales: 'पञ्चतन्त्रादिशास्त्रविस्तृतवचन उग्रसेनो नाम सचिवः।' It is noteworthy that a marginal note in Ms. A explains pañcatantra as tarkavyākaraṇādi.
In the same section of Book VII the following verse is attributed to — those who are well versed in the Purānas'. वदन्ति पुराणविदः -
विधुर्गुरोः कलत्रेण गोतमस्यामरेश्वरः । संवनोश्चापि दुवर्मा समस्त पुरा किल ॥
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Casual references to the Tripitaka and the treatise of Bharata occur in the description of the Jaina temple in Book V. 'पिटकत्रय पद्धतिरिव योगाचारगोचरा', 'भरतपदवीव विधिलयनाट्याडम्बरा'.
Dattaka, an ancient authority on erotic lore, is mentioned in Book II. ' In Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra 1. 1. 11 Dattaka is said to have treated the section on courtesans of the Kamasutra of Bābhravya Pañcala in a separate treatise, being employed for the purpose by the courtesans of Paṭaliputra. It may also be mentioned that a Kamasutra is mentioned at least twice by Somadeva, but without any reference to Vatsyāyana or any other author. ' क्षमश्चिरपरिचितकामसूत्रायाः काकिलादिकरणोदाहरणानाम्' Book I, 'शृङ्गारवृत्तिभिरुदाहृतकामसूत्रम् ' 1. 73.
A number of popular or moral verses is quoted by Somadeva without mentioning the source ( Book VII, sections 27, 28, 29; Books IV & VII ; Book VI, sections 5, 6, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 19 ) :
पादमायान्निविं कुर्यात् पादं वित्ताय कल्पयेत् । धर्मोपभोगयोः पादं पादं भर्तव्यपोषणे ॥ इति पुण्यश्लोकः भवति चात्र श्लोकः — अहपैरपि समयैः स्यात् सहायविजयी नृपः । कार्यायान्तो हि कुन्तस्य दण्डस्स्वस्य परिच्छदः ॥ भवति चात्र श्लोकः—भस्थाने बद्धकक्षाणां नराणां सुलभं द्वयम् । परत्र दुर्गति दीर्घा दुष्कीर्तिश्चात्र शाश्वती ॥ न व्रतमस्थिग्रहणं शाकपयोमूलभैक्षचर्यां वा । व्रतमेतदुनतधियामङ्गीकृतवस्तुनिर्वहणम् ॥ भवति चात्र श्लोकः—अतस्तस्वविहीनस्य वृथा व्रतसमुद्यमः । पुंसः स्वभावभीरोः स्यान्न शौर्यायायुधग्रहः ॥
1 'दत्तक व कन्तुसिद्धान्तेषु'
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Cf. चतुवा विभजे भोगे, सवे मित्तानि गन्थति, एकेन भोगे भुञ्जेय्य, द्वीहि कम्मं पयोजये, तुत्थञ्च निधापेय्य, आपदासु भविस्सतीति । Digha Nikāya XXXI. 26.