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Dr. Charlotte Krause : Her Life & Literature
Pausālika Gaccha.
That Hemavimala Sūri, though not a habitual writer, was a scholar of profound erudition and a gifted poet, is obvious from the only Saṁskṛta creation from his hand that has been known so far, viz., his 'Pārsva-Jina-stavana', which comprises 32 stanzas and reveals its author's skill by the use of the word “kamala' in each 'carana' in various shades of meaning.94 The newly discovered 'Varakāņa-Pārsvanātha-stavana', published and mentioned here for the first time, goes to fortify the impression of Hemavimala's qualification as a Samskrta poet.
That he also tried himself in the field of Gujarati poetry, can be seen from the 'Mrgāputra-sajjhāi', which is a creation from his hand, and is also known under the name of 'Mrgāputra-copăi, composed in V.S. 1562.95
Another Gujarati poem composed by him, has been found in the collection of the Scindia Oriental Institute. It bears the title of "Tera Kāthīyāni Sajjhāi’ and is preserved on fol. 8 of manuscript No. 5097%, from which I published it in the 'Jaina Satya Prakāśa' of 15-12-1946.97
Besides the above four poems, no further creation from the hand of Hemavimala Sūri has been traced so far.
The Varakāņā-Pārsvanātha-stavana is handed down in manuscript No. 846 of the Scindia Oriental Institute, which consists of four folios written on country paper with black ink. The characters are ordinary Devanāgarī, with a few instances of 'ai' and `au' rendered in Padimātrā style. The colophon runs as follows : "fa श्रीवरकाणस्तोत्रं पार्श्वनाथस्य स्तोत्र सम्पूर्णः लषतं मुंनी ववेकविजययेनः". The rendering is extremely unsatisfactory, owing to mistakes obviously due to deficiency in both grammatical training as well as memory on behalf of the copyist, and necessitated numerous corrections and conjectures, as the apparatus shows.
The hymn itself consists of 46 stanzas in Vasantatilakā metre, which, though their language is a high-flown and proud
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