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अनुसंधान - १७ • 80
(Tr. I pay homage in three ways to Lord Rṣabha, that peerless of matchless friend of the whole world who, after having experienced sufferings in the ocean of wordly existence, attained emancipation-final beatitude.)
In the course of the developement of the plot he respectfully refers to Lord Rṣabha half a dozen times : तदतः परं भगवतो नाभेयस्य पादाः शरणम् । नाभेयस्य तदा पदानि शरणं देवस्य दुःखच्छिदः । कथमयं सकलदेवताधिचक्रवर्ती नाभिसूनुश्चैत्याभ्यन्तरमलङ्करोति । दृष्टिर्नाभिसुतस्य नः प्रथयतु श्रेयांसि तेजांसि च । स्मरामि निष्ठितक्लेशं देवं नाभिसमुद्भवम् ।
(1) p. 25 : p. 51 :
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(3) p. 90 :
(4) p. 91 : (5) p. 123 :
There is one reference to the very sacred mantra in which (five) parameṣṭhins are paid homage to by the Jains. (The five dignitaries are: 1. Arhat 2. Siddha 3. ācārya 4. upadhyāya and 5 sadhus):
अपिनाम कोऽप्यपायः संभवेत्, तदहं
परमेष्ठिनाम पवित्रं मन्त्रं स्मरामि ।
"If any calamity is likely to visit or befall, I remember the sacred mantra in which five dignitaries are paid homage to."
At another place the temple of Katyayani is described in such a way as to produce disgust (p. 45, v. no. 12), and the Śaivite School of Kāpālikas who indulged in the offerings of animals and even human beings is targetted. Probably, the poet here betreys the influence of Bhavabhuti who in his Malati-Madhava mentions how Kapalakuṇḍalā carries away Malati, the heroine of the play from her bed-chamber to be immolated and sacrificed before the goddess Karālā Camuṇḍā by her teacher Aghoraghanta. Kaumudimitrāṇanda: a Prakaraṇa
Bharata and after him many writers on Dramatics have defined the various types of Drama (rūpaka) in their works. The Dasarūpaka of Dhanamjaya is very popular with the commentators on Sanskrit dramas. Following their tradition we reproduce below the definition of a Prakarana given by Dhanamjaya :
अथ प्रकरणे वृत्तमुत्पाद्यं लोकसंश्रयम् । अमात्यविप्रवणिजामेकं कुर्याच्च नायकम् 11
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