Paumchariu Part 1

SR No.: 002523
Original Sutra Author: Swayambhudev
Author: H C Bhayani
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1953
Total Pages: 458
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 11 MB

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INTRODUCTION
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Sambhucchandas- Cūdamanyādi-grantha- paryālocanayā vyutpitsuvyutpatty-artham asmābhir ucyante.
Similarly the Chandomanjarī of Gangādāsa Kavi thrice quotes Sambhu: The metres Bhujagaśiśubhrtā, Mañjubhāşini and Rsabhagajavilasita are given by Sambhu, according to Gangādāsa Kavi, under the respective names of Bhujagaśiśusstā, Sunandini and Gajaturagavilasita. If we refer to SC., we find that the first of these three metres could have been in that portion of SC. which is lost and hence we are not in a position to ascertain what was the name given by Svayambhū to the Bhujagaśiśubhịtā. The Manjubhāşiņi is given as Ņandiņi by Svayambhū (S.C. I. 3-4). which designation is very near to Sunandini, and the Rsabhagajavilasita is given as Gaavaravilasiaa (i.e. Gajavaravilasitaka) át C. I. 47-48, which is comparable to Gajaturagavilasita cited by Gangādāsa Kayi. This makes it probable that the authority quoted by the latter under the name sambhu is nobody else than Svayambhū, the author of SC. It is like that both Nārāyanabhatta and Gangādāsa Kavi knew SC. at second hand. Moreover by their time the names of ancient metrical authorities like Svayambhū had become halflegendary and nobody bothered much about their correct form. Under the circumstances, Svayambhu is transformed into Sambhu and Sevala or Saitava (whose opinion on Yati is quoted by Svayambhū, who is known as an ancient metrical authority to Hemacandra and the Kavidarpana and whose opinion on the name of the metre commonly known as Vasantatilakā is quoted by most of the Sanskrit metricians) undergoes metamorphosis as sveta". Hence it is not difficult to explain how Svayambhū was cited as Sambhu by Rāghavabhatta, Nārāyanabhatta and Gangādāsa Kavi.
All these considertions lead us to believe that the lost portion of SC. contained a section on pure Prakrit metres dealing with the Āryā, Galitaka, Khañjaka etc. that preceded the section on the Varņavrttas.
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The Chanda išsekhara and SC.
Velankar has published" the fifth chapter of the Chandašsekharo. of Rājasekhara Kavi, who most probably flourished in the first quarter of the eleventh century. This is the only available portion of the text, the portion of the Ms. dealing with the Sk. and Pk. metres being at present untraceable. If we compare this fifth chapter of the Chandassekhara with SC. IV-VIII, we can see at the first glance that the former is little more than a Sk. translation of SC. IV-VIII. The slight difference in the arrangement, order of treatment and names of the metres indicates that Rajasekhara Kavi had occasionally consulted other sources also. The earlier portion being lost, we do not know if Rājasekhara Kavi admitted his debt to Svayambhū. That portion could have aslo thrown some indirect light on the real Pk. metres of SC.
The minor details with regards to which Chandaśśekhara deviates from SC. are shared by the Chandonusāsana also. This shows that Hemacandra has used both, SC. as well as the Chandašsekhara.
(1) Parab, 1902, 108, 114, 119. (2) See the following quotation from the Chandogovinda of his Guru Bhatta Puru
sottama given by Gangadasa Kavi: Sveta-Mandavya-mukhyāstu, necchanti
munayo yatim: Chandomañjarī, p. 105. (3) Velankar, 1946, 1-14.