________________
INTRODUCTION.
This Jaina poem entitled पार्थाभ्युदय which is here offered to the public, will, I hope, be welcomed by all students of Sanskrit literature. It was composed by the celebrated author Jinasenâchârya in the reign of the urgez King Amoghavarsha I as we learn from the concluding verses of the poem :
इति विरचितमेतत्काव्यमावेष्टय मेघं बहुगुणमपदोषं कालिदासस्य काव्यम् । मलिनितपरकाव्यं तिष्ठतादाशशाकं भुवनमवतु देवः सर्वदाऽमोघवर्षः ॥ श्रीवीरसेनमुनिपादपयोजभृङ्गः श्रीमानभूद्विनयसेनमुनिगरीयान् । तच्चोदितेन जिनसेनमुनीश्वरेण
काव्यं व्यधायि परिवेष्टितमेघदूतम् ॥ Virasena was the teacher of Vinayasena, and Jinasena. At the request of Vinayasena Jinasena composed the finger into which he has interwoven the whole of Kâlidâ sâ's Meghaduta by way of samasyapurana. Each stanza in the पाभ्युदय borrows one or two lines from the Meghadůta, the remaining lines being composed by Jinasena himself. At the end of each canto of the quicy Jinasena is spoken of as the great teacher of the king Amoghavarsha. This King belonged to the rige dynasty and reigned over the Karnâtaka and Mahârâshtra. He ascended the
