Studies in Jain Literature

SR No.: 001868
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: V M Kulkarni
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre
Publication Year: 2001
Total Pages: 114
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Literature, & Story
File Size: 14 MB

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DISCOVERY THROUGH RESTORATION 307 Abhinavabharati. If this portion of the commentary from the Kalpalataviveka were to be printed as the Abhinavabharati on the Bhavadhyaya no one would ever have dreamt of doubting its genuineness. So complete, so perfect is the similarity, even identity. In addition, I have shown how the promised discussion of nirveda referred to in the treatment of the Santarasa (Ch. VI) is found in this portion of the Kalpalataviveka. On the basis of all these arguments I have established that the Kalpalataviveka (pp. 286-303) preserves a major portion of the Abhinavabharati on the Bhavadhyaya. In another paper, "Hemacandra on Satrvikabhavas", I have shown how Hemacandra in his Kavyanusasana (pp. 144-147) has preserved the section of Sattvikabhavas (dealing with the theroretical aspect of the Sattvikabhavas and citing verses to illustrate each and everyone of them) from the Abhinavabharati Ch VII. This portion on Sattvikabhavas and the long section on the thirty three vyabhicaribhavas preserved in the Kalpalataviveka together preserve most of the Abhinavabharati on Bhavadhyaya. Abhinavagupta is a sahrdayasiromani, He selects carefully best examples from first-rate poetic works like Setubandha, Sakuntala, Raghuvamsa, Amarusataka, etc. I have not been able to trace three of the examples to their source. I quote here one of them : आश्लेषे प्रथम क्रमादथ जिते हृद्येऽधरस्यार्पणे केलिद्यूतविधौ पणं प्रियतमे कान्तां पुनः पृच्छति / सान्तर्हासनिरुद्धसंभृतरसोद्भेदस्फुरद्गण्डया तूष्णीं शारविशारणाय निहितः स्वेदाम्बुगर्भः करः।। [Perspiration (sveda) due to the infusion (of tejas) into the waterdominated element of the vital force is exemplified in the following stanza :) At a game of dice with which they amused themselves she first wagered a close embrace which her lover won. The second was a kiss of her nether lip which also he won. Now when he asked what the third wager would be, perspiration broke on her hand as she prepared to throw the dice; her cheeks quivered as the rush of passion filled her bosom and her mouth tightened in suppressed smile. Only four verses from Bhoja's Sarasvatikanthabharana were, according to Raghavan", identifiable as Sarvasena's from his Harivijaya, now lost. In the course of restoration I noticed that, at least forty verses, some of them are repetitions, are definitely identifiable and nearly a century of verses as probably identifiable as Sarvasena's from his Harivijaya. Leaving aside probably identifiable verses and piecing together all the