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Desis Employed in Padma Vijaya's Samarāditya-Kevali-Ras
- Muni Rajhans Vijay Samaraicca-Kahā written by Haribhadrasüniśvara (8th century) is a celebrated work of tales that has attaracted many scholars to work upon it. (Its Gujarati translation was done by Hemasāgaraūri in 1966)
Pradyumnasūri of the 14th century, Digambara Brahma Jinadāsa (1520 v.s.), Padmasāgaraji of the 1650 v.s., and Ksamā Kalyaāņaji of the 1839 v.s. are some of the writers to have worked upon the Samaraicca Kahā.
In this tradition Padmavijayaji Mahāraja of the 2000 v.s. has written Samarāditya Kevali Rās. He was a disciple of Uttamavijayaji in the lineage of Hiravijayasūnśvaraji, who is said to have enlightened the Mogul Emperor Akabara. Padmavijayaji has composed about fifty-five thousand verses out of which 86 have been so far published.
Padmavijayaji has written a number of works in Gujarati, out of which Samarāditya Kevali Rās is significant. The author commenced writing in 1839 v.$. on the third day of the black fortnight of the Asvin month and completed in 1842 v.s. in Vasantapañcami.
The Rās has been edited and published in 1842 v.s. on the basis of a manuscript in the L. D. Institute of Indology.
Samarāditya portrays nine births (of a mortal) in nine divisions. There are in all 199.Dhāl (a mode of singing) in which Rās is composed.
The original Samaraicca Kaha being in Prakrit was out of reach for a majority of the people. So the author recast it into Gujarati in order to make it accessible to a wider section of the public. He added a versified musical form also to it.
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