Vikram Journal 1974 05 11

SR No.: 523101
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Rammurti Tripathi
Publisher: Vikram University Ujjain
Publication Year: 1974
Total Pages: 200
Language: Hindi, English
Classification: Magazine, India_Vikram Journal, & India
File Size: 11 MB

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दि कान्क्वेस्ट प्रॉफ गन्धर्वदत्त इन दि वासुदेवहिन्दी
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REFERENCES
Ghost in the simple
1. The BKSS (XVI. 53) adds: Even the carpenters, blacksmiths potters
and low-caste people (varuda) were playing the vina. Gandharvasena in the Harivamsa purana (HP) and Trisasti salaka
purusacarita (T$P). 3. Further on in the Vasudevahindi (133,3) he is called Jasaggiva.
Sugriva in the HP (19.129) and Sugriva and Yasogriva in the TSP (8.2.169). Tumburu, name of a gandharva; a musician of gods in the Mahabharata ([[1. 159. 28). Compare tambura in Hindi. Narayan is also called Deva-Gandharva, or Gandharvaraja or simple Gandharva. Tumburu's views on sruti has been quoted in the Brhaddesi (p. 4);
Natyusastra, vol. II, p. 23, ed. by M. Ghosh. S. Altha niyantha surari ham paviitha,
Kavitthassa hetiha aha sannivittha. Padi yam kavittham bhinnam ca sisam,
Avvo ! avvo ! ttivaharanti sisa. 6. The BKSS XVII. 131 ff) refers to the defective vinas containing a
cobweb (lutatantu) and a hair (kesadusita). The BKSS (XVII. 143) mentions here a precious lute whose surface was shaped like a turtle (kacchapakaraphalakam). In the HP and TSP Gandharvadatta gives him her own vina. In the HP and Brhatkathakosa (BKK) it is called Sughosa and has 17 strings In the Uttara. purana (70.301) Vasudeva asks Gandharvadatta for the Ghosavati vina which was given to her family by the gods; he uses it for the
contest. 8. In the BKSS (XVII. 115-16) this song was obtained from Visva vasu
by Narada, from Narada by Arjuna, then by Uttara, Pariksita, Janmejaya, Udayana, the father of Naravahanadatta and from him me (Naravahanadatta). The BKSS XVII 117) states : There can be no comparison between the gandhara related to the musical scale and the music of human beings. Narada and others have stated that the gandhara cannot be had any where else except in heaven. In this context the HP (19.14!261) explains the art of singing in more than a hundred verses.