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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12. APABHRAMSA VERSES COMPOSED BY THE
PARAMĀRA KING MUNJA
1. As an instance of the Samkirņa type of the Catuspadi Dhruvā used in the Apabhraṁsa Sandhibandha, Hemacandra has cited under Chandonuśāśanal 6, 22 the following of verse that illustrates an admixture of two different varieties of Catușpadi :
चूडुलउ बाहोह-जलु, नयणा कंचुअ विसम-थण ।
इअ मुजि रइआ दूहडा, पच-वि कामहु पच सर ॥ ESZE, 91617-73, 7901, #1937 and faah 90-these five Dohās, comparable to the five arrows of Kāma (the Love God) were. composed by Muñja'.
This verse has a unique historical importance in that it records the anthorship of some stray verses in the Dohā metre : they were composed by Muñja, the famous Paramāra king of Mālava, who flourished during 975-995 A. D. He enjoyed great fame in legend and history for his romance, heroism, literary talent and patronage to literature. The cited laudatory verse mentions five characteristic words, one from each of the five verses of Muñja which had become famous among literary circles due to their poetic excellence. This was a traditional device to record in a fool-proof manner the authorship of isolated, stray verses (Muktakas), which otherwise would become anonymous (as has actually happened in the case of thousands of Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramśa and early regional verses)
2. Now the problem is to trace or identify these Muñja verses from the available Apabhramśa literature. Fortunately Hemacandra happens to have preserved them for the posterity. The Cūdullau and the bāhoha-jalu verses are given in the Chandonuśāsana at the same place as the commemarative verse noted above i.e. under VI 22. The cudullau verse occurs also in the Siddaliema under