________________ literatures. In the case of Sita the accusation comes from the people. In the case of Anjana and Kalavati, the husband becomes suspicious. The stories of Anjana and Nandayanti commonly share the motif of the husband secretly visiting the wife prior to departing on a long journey, spending a night with her, whose consequent pregnacy becomes the cause of her abandonment in woods by the in-laws convinced of her unchastily. Sita and Kalavati (and Sakuntala) find refuge in a hermit's Asrama', and in the early version of the Nandayanti, in a Sabara settlement. Anjana and Nandayanti of the later versions are rescued by some benign relative or stranger. The Kalavati and the later versions of the Nandayanti are influenced by the biography of Damayanti (Davadanti) as it is found in the Jain Iradition (miraculaous rescue through divine help from suicide attempts, calamities etc., shelter given by a relative, the duties at the alms-house eventually serving as an instrument of reunion etc.). Concluing Remarks Countless valuable works, veritable brilliant gems, of Sanskrit, Prakrit and Apabhramsa literature have become, due to numerous factors, consigned to oblivion. In the case of some, traces are left in the form of abridgements, summaries, citations, references etc., which may help us in providing some idea of their contents, character and worth. The number of lost Sanskrit dramatic works only, about which we know something from the works on poetics and dramaturgy like AB., VJ., Srngaraprakasa, ND., NRL. etc. runs into scores. Jain literature, due to its centuries-old tradition 1. In the story of Mrgavati found in the Jain tradition, Mrgavati abducted by a Bharvnda bird and then abandoned in a forest, similarly finds shelter in a hermitage. [25]
