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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Dombikā and Siqgaka
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hardly anything can be made out of them. But here, as elsewhere, the great Hemacandra comes to our rescue. In his reproduction we find most of these citations in a considerably less corrupt form, and from them we can know something definite about their contents, language and metre, Further, and this is more important, we can draw some tentative conclusions in general about the language and metrical form of the Dombikā.
Among the Dombikā citations given in the ABH. (and mostly also in the KA.) some three citations are from the Cūdāmaņi and one from the Gunamālā. I reproduce below the text of the citations in the forms in which they are found in the ABH. and the KA. The text according to the KA. is given first as it is better preserved and hence somewhat intelligible. Below it is given the text according to the ABH. (with recorded variants, if any). As already said the latter is hopelessly corrupt. In order to facilitate comparison and profit by the variants, the ABH. text is so arranged as to match syllable for syllable with the corresponding KA. text.
of the four citation given below. No. 2 is found only in ABH. For No, 4, the editors of the KA. have given one version in the body of the text and an improved version of the same in the appendix. I reproduce here both of them.
Citations from the Cūdāmani Dombikā 1. (i) de la straft MaafAPES TIH TA'T
E-- fã gi mahare aife 2 -] चोरियमिहुणहौं वम्महसारु कहेमि तउ ॥ [चा-अमिदुण-धमहसार कागे तेउ]
(KA., 447, 513; ABH.. 171) (ii) erfà Etraft!
(KA., 448, 513) [fafia èitafit]
(ABH., 175) 2. 99(A)#751#f47211
(ABH., 171) 3. पाआलअले सेसाहिणि हु जय लच्छिवत्थलमलिआ (KA., 447)