________________ 450 STUDIES IN JAIN LITERATURE व्युत्पत्तिर्मुखमेव नाटकगुणव्यासे तु किं वय॑ते सौरभ्यप्रसवा नवा भणितिरप्यस्त्येव काचित् क्वचित् / यं प्राणान् दशरूपकस्य स करोत्क्षेपं समाचक्षते साहित्योपनिषद्विदः स तु रसो रामस्य वाचां परः / / -Satyahariscandra 1-3 And also further, प्रबन्धा इक्षुवत् प्रायो हीयमानरसाः क्रमात् / कृतिस्तु रामचन्द्रस्य सर्वा स्वादुः पुरः पुरः / / - Nalavilasa I. 4 ---Satyahariscandra I. 4 --Kaumudimitrananda, I. 4 And also still further, सुक्तयो रामचन्द्रस्य वसन्तः कलगीतयः / स्वातन्त्र्यमिष्टयोगश्च पञ्चैते हर्षवृ(स)ष्टयः // -Satyahariscandra, I. 5 -Nirbhayabhima, I. 2 9. Keith : The Sanskrit Drama, (pp. 80-83) 10. Ibid, pp. 131-142; Dasgupta : A History of Sanskrit Literature, Vol. I, pp. 239-248 11. Keith : The Sanskrit Drama, pp. 187-203. ___Dasgupta : A History of Sanskrit Literature Vol. I, pp. 208-298. 12. Introduction (Sanskrit) to the Natyadarpana, p. 42. 13. Ibid, p. 47. 14. Ibid, p. 32. 15. Ibid, p. 55. 16. Ed. Muni Punyavijaya, Jaina atmananda Granthamala, Bhavnagar, 1917. 17. Text published for the first time in Sambodhi Vol. 7, April, 1978-January 1979, Nos. 1-4. 18. Keith : The Sanskrit Drama, p. 221, pp. 257-258. Dasgupta : A History of Sanskrit Literature, Vol I, p. 474, p. 686. 19. At the commencement of his works he pays homage to the Jinas or their Speech. 20. He speaks with reverence of his great Acarya : शब्द-प्रमाण-साहित्य-छन्दो-लक्ष्मविधायिनाम् / / श्रीहेमचन्द्रपादानां प्रसादाय नमो नमः // 21. He calls himself 'Vidyatrayicanam' in his prologue to Raghuvilasa, and 'Traividyavedin' in the introductory portion of the Natya-darpana-vivarana. The three Vidyas', meant by Ramacandra are : शब्दलक्ष्म-प्रमालक्ष्म-काव्यलक्ष्म-कृतश्रमः / वाग्विलासस्त्रिमार्गो नौ प्रवाह इव जाहुजः // 22. He calls himself 'Acumbita-kavya-tandram' (prologue to Raghuvilasa) and 'Visirna kavya-nirmana-tandra' (Prologue to Kaumudimitrananda.) He refers to his firm resolve to compose original works in his Prologue to Mallikamakaranda (I. 8). Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org