Anekantajay patakakhyam Prakaranam Part 2

SR No.: 008406
Original Sutra Author: Haribhadrasuri
Author: Munichandrasuri
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1947
Total Pages: 503
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Philosophy
File Size: 11 MB

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INTRODCOTION
... The central idea is nidūna which may be here looked upon as a phase of retribution or Nemisis. For, Aggisamma resorts to it and harasses Gunasena just after he is born As a god.
There are stories within stories as is the case with Bāņa's Kādambari, and some of them are pre-birth stories. There are parables such as (i) a man in the well' (11, v. 173–186; pp. 136– 138,) and (ii) a frog, an old serpent, an osprey, and a boa constrictor where the 1st is caught by the 2nd, the 2nd by the 3rd and the 3rd by the 4th (II, p. 148).
The story given in Bhava IV (pp. 289-347) has a later parallel in No. 73 of Brhatkathakosa of Harişena. Similarly the story of Mūga has a parallel in Parisistaparvan (II, 224-314).* The discussion between Vijayasimha and Pingaka (III, pp. 203-221*) is as it were an echo of Ganaharavāya and that of Kesi and Paësi dealt with, in Rāyapasenaijja. It has a later parallel in No. 73 (v. 133 ff.) of BK.
In Bhava VI (pp. 517-518) we learn that Dharana takes out blood from his arm and converts it into water by mixing it with the juice of tuvaritthiyā.
The social life of the upper Gujarat of the eighth century is beautifully depicted in this work. Further, it throws considerable light on the trade-routes in the days of Haribhadra. For instance, the stories of Dhana (IV) and Dharana (VI) and the travels of Sena (VII) furnish us with some details in this connection. Some of the ports etc. here mentioned are:
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1 This may remind one of mabu-bindu-ditthanta occurring in
Vasudevahindi (p. 8) and Harişena's Brhal-Kathakośa (No. 92) composed at Vardhamanapura (Wadhwan) in Sanvat 989 and Dhar. maparīksās of Harisena and Amitagati. This parable is very popular in the world-literature. In the History of Indian Literature (Vol. I,
P. 480 and Vol. II, p. 417) Winternitz has noted several references. % This will be hereafter referred to as BK, 3 See v, 59 of No. 150 of BK. 4 Refutation of the belief that the soul which goes to the next world
is not different from the five elements (pp. 203-208), explanation as to why an infernal being does not come here (pp. 208-209), & similar discussion regarding & celestial being (pp. 209-210) and exposition of merit and demerit (pp. 219-221) are the main topice discussed here.