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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320 STUDIES IN JAIN LITERATURE of various topics of poetics the author sings the glory of king Kamiraja. Vijayavarni, generally follows the authorities on poetics (Purvasastra or sastra). The author of Alamkara-sangraha and this author for the first time introduce the topic of varna-phala and gana-phala in works on poetics. Vijayavarni has drawn on the Kavyadarsa, Kavyalamkara(of Rudrata), the Dasarupaka, the Kavyaprakasa and the Prataparudrayaso-bhusana. The verses, illustrative of various points of poetics, are his own. It has to be said, however, that their literary merit is not up to mark. (13-14) The Alamkaracintamani22 (and srngaramanjari) of Ajitasena (1420 A. D.) : He was a Digambara Jain; this work of his is divided into five paricchedas (chapters) The first chapter treats of kavisiksa ("education of the poet", "instruction of the aspiring poet in the devices of the craft."). It sets forth in great detail various instructions for an aspiring poet, the eight topics to be described in a mahakavya (epic-poem) and various poetic conventions. The second chapter treats of the citralaskara (with its 42 varieties), one of the kinds of sabdalamkara (figures of word). The third chapter treats of the remaining three kinds of figures of word-vakrokti, anuprasa and yamaka (with its eleven varieties). The fourth chapter treats of 72 arthalamkaras and the last chapter deals with rasadi (rasa, riti, sabdasakti vrttis, gunas, dosas and the types of hero and heroine. Srrigaramanjari is possibly (or rather probably) from the same Ajitasena, the author of Alamkaracintamani. It was written at the instance of a Jain Apupa prince of the lunar race, named Raya or Kamiraya for his instruction. It consists of three chapters and 128 stanzas dealing with (I) dosas (2) ten gunas of Vamana and (3) ten arthalaskaras. The work has not been published so far. (15) The Kavyanusasana23 of Vagbhata (c. 14th century A. D.): This work (with its vrtti, Alamkaratilaka, by the author himself), like Hemacandra's work of the same name, is written in the form of prose sutras. Siksa-works (16) The Kavi-siksa of Jayamangala (end of the 11th Century and first half of the 12th Century A. D.) : The author was a Jain who wrote at the time of Jayasimha Siddharaja (1094-1143 A. D.) and was thus a contemporary of Hemacandra. The work has not been published so far. (17) The Kavya-siksa 24 (also known as Kavi-siksa) of Acarya Vinayacandra (about 1250 A. D.): is divided into six paricchedas (chapters) : 1. Siksa, 2. Kriya-nirnaya, 3. Loka-kausalya, 4. Bija-vyavarnana, 5.