Bhagavana Mahavira

Author(s): Chauthmal Maharaj
Publisher: Jainoday Pustak Prakashan Samiti Ratlam

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[The Seventy two Kalas
of Varnas ( letters irrespective of vowels) and Mantras (Vowels correspecetive of letters ). This art brought into existence many other fine arts such as music, playing on musical instruments, dancing, and painting etc. People saw the sea so to say filled in a pot, as the idiom would say, in the poetry of the poet. The nine Rasas of poetry, namely, the Vira ( Heroic ), the Karuna (Pitiable ), the Srngara ( Erotic ) the Hasya ( Comical), the Adhuta, (Extraordinary )., the Rudra (Fearful ), the Biblatsa (Abominable), and Santa (Peaceful), came into existance. The poet added the art of reading and writing to his imagination and prepared a fine mixture out of it. This he dranched with the particular Rasas of poetry at times, baked in the fire of intellect, and then placed before the world some very delicious articles in the form of poetical works. These proved very useful to the world and did achieve what the united power of many kings and huge sums of money might not have been able to accomplish. By means of this art the poet portrayed very beautifully the picture of the past to the people living in the present. People read an account of the past ages in poetical works, tried to improve their future, and at last were successful in their attempts. To cut short, the people in those days became poets by learning this art and according to the proverb, "The poet goes where the sun fears to go', they had an all-pervading influence over
the society. (18) “TARKA-SASTRA” Logic:-One, well-versed in this art,
could easily reach cause from effect and effect from cause. He possessed a high intellect, ready wit, deep insight into all small or great things, power of endurance,