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________________ Part II As noted above Bhoja speaks of three Prakrit Mahakavyas current in his time : Ravanavijaya, Harivijaya and Setubandha composed in asvasakas in the skandhaka metre. Of these the first two are irretrievably lost. Very little is known about the Ravanavijaya. The Harivijaya of Sarvasena is noted by way of appreciation (and criticism) by Sanskrit writers on Poetics : (Dandin), Anandavardhana (-his commentator Abhinavagupta--), Kuntaka, Bhoja and Hemacandra. Setubandha is the only extant Prakrit Mahakavya. The Srngaraprakasa and the Sarasvatikanthabharana have cited a very large number of skandhakas as illustrations while explaining various points of Poetics. Some of these clearly belong to Setubandha. Some others belong to, as shown above (in part I) to Harivijaya. Over and above these skandhakas (and one skandhaka from Ravanavijaya) there are nearly one hundred others which are anonymous. It is not possible to say definitely that they are quoted either from Harivijaya and / or Ravanavijaya. Bhoja quotes only one skandhaka from Ravanavijaya as an illustration of Kavi-prasarisa, whereas he quotes, as shown above in Part I, not less than twenty five skandhakas which definitely belong to Harivijaya. Again, it deserves our notice that these twenty five verses which belong to Harivijaya and many of the anonymous skandhakas bear close similarity of ideas, phrases, turns of expression, diction and style. Further, Pravarasena's Setubandha which is modelled on Sarvasena's Harivijaya treats in Canto X of the sunset, the nightfall, moonrise, the gaieties and amorous activities of the young women, aided by their errand-girls, their maiden friends, their pride and jealous anger-mana in its various aspects, Many of the anonymous skandhakas deal with these and kindred topics from the Science of Erotics. In view of these considerations we would venture a guess that these anonymous skandhakas, if not all of them, at least a large number of them, are cited from Sarvasena's Harivijaya. With this brief introduction we now set down these anonymous skandhakas : Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
| 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 |