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Arbat Parsva and Dharanendra Nexus A caturvimsati - Jina- stuti, ascribed to Jinaprabha Sūri, 37 also contains a telling description of Parsva with Dharaṇendra and Pārśva Yakṣa:
स्फारस्फुत्फणिफणामणि- दीप्त-दीप्तिचित्रीयित - त्रिजगतीजनचित्तवृत्तिः । श्री अश्वसेनतनयः श्रितयक्षपार्श्वः, पार्श्वः श्रिये भवतु वः सुरसेव्यपार्श्वः ॥ २३॥
Surprisingly, the compositions in Präkṛta in this age went side by side with those in Sanskrit, though in diminishing number. A verse from one Kamalaprabha Sūri's Pārsva-prabhu-stavana (c. early 14th century A.D.) may be cited as an example:38
जस्स फणिंदफणोहो सोहइ सोसम्भि पणयमणुयाणं । मणिदित्तिहिं दलणो दुरियतमं जगपईवु व्व ॥ १ ॥ वज्जसारिक्खन हे सरणागयवज्जपंजरब्भहियं । तं झाएमितिसंझं पासजिणं परमभत्तीए ॥ २॥ - सिरि- पासपहु-थवणं
Next is the pontiff Bhāvadeva Sūri of Khandilla-gaccha who, in a hymn to Jina Pārśva in his Pārśvanātha-caritra (A.D. 1356), refers to the Jina with Dharanendra in eloquent terms:39
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प्रभोः फणिमणिज्योतिः, प्लुष्टाऽन्तर्वैरिभूरुहाम् ।
तत्पल्लवनिभाः पुंसां, अये सन्त्येव नाऽरयः ॥ ७ ॥
श्रीपार्श्वनाथस्तवनम्
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Immediately next in time is Mahendraprabha Sūri of Añcala-gaccha (c. last quarter of the 14th cent. A.D.) whose stava in honour of the Pārsvanatha of Jirapalli has the following verses relevant to the present discussion. The stotra, not particularly striking for the quality of style, is notable for its reference to Pārsva's famous upasarga-episode at the Kali Hill (in Magadha): 40
कलौ नाम शैले सरः कुण्डमस्ति स्वयम्भूर्भवांस्तत्तटे स्माविरस्ति । तदासन्नभूपालभक्त्येति चित्रं पवित्रं च तद् वेद कस्ते चरित्रम् ? ॥ २५ ॥ तडित्पातघातस्फुटच्चैलशृङ्गास्तरत्तूलनीला लुठद्ग्रावश्शृङ्गाः 1 अदभ्राभ्रगर्जहृतप्राणिताशाः स्फुरद्दुर्द्दिनासाररुद्वाखिलाशाः ॥ २६ ॥
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