Indological Studies

SR No.: 022756
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: H C Bhayani
Publisher: Parshva Prakashan
Publication Year: 1993
Total Pages: 376
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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Pāli, Dhanyā and Cārukesi
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Notes
1. I have slightly emended Velankar's text orthographically, and
my translation differs from his in several points. 2. See V. Raghavan, Bhoja's Srågāraprakāśa, (1963), pp. 567, 887,
891, where the references and citations are noted and their implications are fully brought out. G. R. Josyer's edition of the Srågāraprakāśa silently omits the Prakrit passage given
by Raghavan. 3. Raghavan, ibid., p. 890 : parqafu anajalgai fazanafanan
राधा, यत्र पालितका गता ।
(=Sțiigāraprakāśa, text, p. 491, 11. 4-5). 4. An anonymous verse given in Jayavallabha's Vajjālagga (pos
sibly about the 10th cent. A. D.). 5. These are the earliest known verses referring to Viśākhā, who
is known in the Krşņa-carita tradition as one of the Gopis which are mentioned as Krsna's favourites and Rādha's friends and rivals. The Pātāla-khaņda of the Padma-purāņa (ch. 70, vv. 4-7) gives the following list (which includes Dhanyā) of the eight main beloveds of Krşņa : Rādhikā, Lalitā, Syāmalā, Dhanyā, Haripriyā, Visakhā, Padmā and Candrāvali.
It may be also noted that the Gujarati folk-songs know only two names, viz., Camdarāveņī or Camdarāval (i.e. Candrāvali) and (very rarely) Dhanāi (i.e. Dhanyā, Dhanikā) as Krsna's beloveds, besides, of course, Rādhā. References Bhoja : Sarasvatikanthābharana, ed. K. Mishra, 1976. Sựngāraprakāśa,
ed. G. R. Josyer, 1955. Bilvamangala : Krşņakarņāmīta, ed. F. Wilson, 1975. Jayavallabha : Vajjālagga, ed. M. V. Patwardhan, 1969. V. Raghavan : Bhoja's Sțngäraprakāśa, 1963. Svayambhū : Svayambhūcchandas, ed. H. D. Velankar, 1962.