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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362 STUDIES IN JAIN LITERATURE arthantaranyasa. Likewise the absence of any reference to philosophical or other tenets relating to the different branches of learning is another feature that differentiates the poem from the Sanskrit mahakavyas." Finally, A. K. Warder treats of Vimala's Paumacariya (Sk. Padmacarita, Padma is another name of Rama, so it means Ramacarita) in his Indian Kavya Literature13. The term kavya could be used, with reference to Vimala's work, in its widest sense, 'what is opposed or distinct from sastra ?' But Sanskrit literary thinkers use it in a fixed, definite sense : it is different from authoritative works like the Veda and other sastras which are sabda pradhana and which are like a master and from itihasa and purana in which artha (sense) is pradhana; in kavya both sabda and artha are a-pradhana and they contribute to the creation or manifestation of rasa. The term kavya in this special sense cannot be applied to Vimala's work. It would be a misnomer and totally misleading. It belongs to the second category of purana-itihasa. So it has not been taken note of in this lecture. Notes and References : 1. As translated by A. K. Warder. 2. A History of Sanskrit Literature, p. 92. 3. N. Sagar edn, 1948, p. 5. 4. A History of Sanskrit Literature, p. 127. 5. As translated by Professor Wright, B.S.O.S, Vol. 26, 1963, p. 115. 6. HERTER 9191 ani wana tag: 1 सागरः सूक्तिरत्नानां सेतुबन्धादि यन्मयम् // 1.34 7. See srngaraprakasa, Mysore edn., Vol. II, 1963, p. 475. And, Kavyanusasana, Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya, Bombay, 1964, p. 461. 8. Dhvanyaloka with the Locana and Balapriya Commentaries, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series edn., 1940, pp. 335-336. 9. Vakroktijivita of Kuntaka, ed. K. Krishnamoorthy, Dharwad, 1977, p. 66. 10. Srngaraprakasa, Mysore edn., Vol II, 1963, p. 475. 11. See Professor D. D. Kosambi Commemoration Volume. 12. Pravarasena's Setubandha, translation by K. K. Handique, Introduction, pp. 53, 56, 59 pub. Prakrit Text Society, Ahmedabad, 1976. 13. See Vol. II, Ch.XVI : "Maharastri Kavya In The + 2..." ODO