Dhurtakhyan

SR No.: 001861
Original Sutra Author: Haribhadrasuri
Author: Jinvijay
Publisher: Saraswati Pustak Bhandar Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2002
Total Pages: 160
Language: Sanskrit, Prakrit, Gujarati
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Story, Literature, P000, & P030
File Size: 14 MB

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A CRITICAL STUDY
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IV. *10*. 91-93: HANUMAT Roots OUT TREES IN THE PARK'.-Rämá. yana, Sundarakānda, 41 (especially verses 10-21).
V. *1*. 11: Bhima AND HANUMAT GENERATED BY WIND, -Mbh., Adi. (oritical ed.), 57. 97, 61. 84; Rāmāyaṇa, Kişkindhākānda, 66. 8-20. - According to Rămă. Hanumat's mother is called Añjanā and not Nilā. Or is it that Haribhadra is paraphrasing añjana by nila?
V. *2*. 12–18: BIRTE OF Vysa, - Mbh., Ādi. (critical ed.), 57, 55-74; 99-100; also the additional passage No. 37 on p. 895. - Accord to the Mbh., Vidura is born from a maid servant (100. 23), and there is no reference to any curse on the three by Vyāsa.
V. *3*.23: Kunti's SON BY THE SUN. -- Mbh., Adi., 57-82; see also the references and remarks on I. *5*. 58–84, para iv.
V. *4*. 25-31: VOLUPTUOUS AGNI. - [?]. - According to the Mbh., Aranyaka (critical ed.), 213, Agni was passionate for the wives of Saptarsis ; and with his mind upset with passion, he ran to the forest. It is Sväha, the daughter of Dakşa, that satisfied his passion.
V. *5*. 33-37: i) INDRA'S MISBEHAVIOUR WITH AHALYĀ, AND ü) His Sox FROM Kunti. - i) Rimāyaṇa, Bālakānda, 48. 15-28; Müh., Anuságana (Bombay ed.) 41, 21; also Brahmapurāņa Adhyā. 87. ii) Mbh., Adi. (critical ed.) 57. 97. - According to Rāmā., Indra misbehaves with Abalya, the wife of Gautama who curses him to lose his testicles. According to the Mbh., be bas thousands of pores on his body as a result of the curse; and they were afterwarde changed to eyes. According to the Dhū., he was handed over to passionate pupils, but I do not find any such details in the above contexts. The Brahman purāņa, however, tells us that Indra became a cat, but was cursed by Gautama to have thousand pores ( sahasra-thagavan) on his body. When he prayed for mercy, he was blessed to be Sahasrākşa.
V. *6*. 59: See above 1. *2*. 39-40. - The natural inference is that there could be a pretty long tail of a mouse.
V.*7*. 60--63: THE LONG TAIL OF HANUMAT (Råmāyana).-Rāmāyana, Sundarakānda, 53 (verses 5-8), 54.
V. *8*. 64-69 : i) GANDHĀRIVARA CHANGED INTO KURABAKA; ii) AKUŞA
1 Here Haribhadra quotes a rhyming couplet (No. 92) in Präkrit which he calls
Khamdao. Though I could spot the necessary context, I do not find these lines in the Paümacariya, 53. 78. The Sanskrit and Gujarati Texts have Añjană for Nilā in this context, see verse No. 336 and p. 62, 1. 1. Harisona gives, in his Brhat Kathakośa, 83, a story corresponding to Haribhadrakt story. Therein Samtana, or Samtanu, has three sons, Citra, Vicitra and Citrängs, who leave behind three widows, Ambā, Ambikä and Bälikā (Ambalikå) from whom Vyasa generates Dhrtarăstra, Pápdu and Vidura respectively. Haribhadra's phrase
bhüujjayā tinni vi presumes such a story; see also story No. 96 from the same. 4 The Sanskrit text gives the name Nahusa, verse 385; but the Gujarāti ono Naghuşa,
p. 64. Is it that kira 80 is a wrong improvement on the original pahuo, being misread as na h16 80 ?