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________________ SAMARAICCAKAHA (BHAVA-II) OF HARIBHADRASURI : A STUDY 411 He uses a large number of Deshi words?. He employs the device of inserting tale within a tale, but sometimes he loses a sense of proportion; e.g. in the 2nd Bhava the sub-narrative of Amargupta occupies more space than it really ought to have. His style, at some places, betrays the influence of classical Sanskrit writers, especially Bana. From our present text may be pointed out the following passages as instances in point : Toi FE FTA Traci fua quot; athai fua ch4C; f4 4 714074 3914fm 9 HIVY...; and da, canli yifurui fait ... He follows very closely the conventional ideas, and there is a stereotyped atmosphere about them. The description of the advent of the spring-season and the love-sick condition of Kusumavali are good examples in point. The sermons and dogmatic details which Haribhadra introduces on the slightest excuse render the work dull and uninteresting. But as it is not a romance pure and simple but a religious one, we must make some allowance, and not harshly criticise Haribhadra. In descriptions of forests, mountains, islands etc. the sentences are occasionally of considerable size, abounding in long compounds and ornamented with Alankaras. That Haribhadra revels in giving such long sentences is perhaps to be attributed to the fact that vigour (Ojas-abundance of compounds) was considered then as the very soul of prose. In the verses, "the style is of course more elevated though rarely intricate." Although Haribhadra does not affect the highly ornamented classical style of Bana or Subandhu, yet he displays his proficiency in a few popular artifices : the three Prasnottaras (8th Bhava), the three gudhacaturthas (8th Bhava) and Srnkhala (2nd Bhava). Haribhadra does not exhibit any variety of metres in the Samaradityakatha. The majority of the verses are in the Arya metre. In the 2nd Bhava we get a Dwipadikhanda. "On the whole the style is well adapted to the understanding of an audience of some culture than of great learning." Haribhadra as an Artist In the galaxy of Prakrit writers, Haribhadra is a star of the first magnitude. An eminent logician, a master-satirist, a witty critic, a consummate artist, a profound "psychologist,' a learned commentator, an adept story-teller, a Jain Education International www.jainelibrary.org For Private & Personal Use Only
| SR No. | 001868 |
| Book Title | Studies in Jain Literature |
| 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 |