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SUBSEQUENT MANTRIKAS: SRI AMARACANDRASURI
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by all the kings. His preceptor Sri Jinadattasűri was accomplished in Yoga and knew the art of animating the dead body of any creature by transferring his soul to the same. He belonged to the line started by Sri Jinadevasūri whose life and miraculous achievements are described in Prabhāvakacaritra.
As in his poem Balabhārata he introduced an original comparison comparing the Veņi (a braid of hair) with Kệpāņa (Sword) he became known in the poetic world as 'Venikspaño-marah.' Here is the said verse:
'दधिमथनविलालल्लोल दग्वेणिदम्भादयमदयमनको विश्वविश्वेकजेता। भवपरिभवकोपत्यक्तबाणः कृपाण
stafara faqaat szereti alafti Il' (21f27a-70 99 posto e) Višaladeva King of Gujarät having heard of him as a great poet sent his minister Vaijala to invite and escort him to his capital Dholkā.
Thereupon Sri Amaracandra went to his Court. Here various poets at the instance of the King proposed to him 108 sama. syās-parts of stanzas for appropriate completion by him which he did immediately to the satisfaction and delight of all. The Court and the King were so much engrossed in this pastime that they sat there without rising for meals till the evening, which shows Amaracandrasüri's powers to keep his hearers delighted and spell-bound. The King thereupon remarked that Amara was really the universal monarch of poets. We would cite here only one Samasyā proposed by the poet Nānāka for comple. tion by Sri Amarcandrasūri. It is 'afia 7 anafaari yafafatigi' which was completed thus: _ 'श्रुत्वा वनेर्मधुरतां सहसावतीर्णे भूमौ मृगे विगतलान्छन एष चन्द्रः।
मागा-मदीयवदनस्य तुलामितीव गीतं न गायतितरां युवतिर्निशासु।' Besides Balabhārata he composed 'Padmānanda Mahākāvya' Kavikalpalată with Kavisiksā commentary, Chandoratnávali, and Syādisamuccaya. His Sūktāvali, Kalā-Kalāpa, Alankāraprabodha and Kavyakalpalatāparimala with Mañjari commentary are not yet found.
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