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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYAN
A similar aspect af Simhanināda forest is described at 94.37-45. The poet introduces a variety of details also. Somewhere the forest is thick and it is pitch-dark, somewhere the trees and plants have been burnt to ashes, somewhere the bisons are enjoying dips in the river, somewhere the Pulindas are crying 'chu,chu', somewhere the bamboo. thickets are on fire and somewhere the bears are sounding fearful shrieks. This description excels in onomatopoeic effects. Adaptation of sound to the sense-effect is a common feature of the poet's art in the PCV.
Seasons :-At 11. 112-119 the poet describes rainy season with an array of metaphors. The black clouds are elephants, the flying cranes are the flags, the lightning flashes are the golden belts of the elephants, the rainbow is their colourful ornament and the juice flowing from the temples of the elephants is the raining water. 2 These elephants in a war array are welcoming the arrival of victorious Rāvana The sky has gone dark and the land has formed crevices. The way-farers being struck with the torrents of rain fall into swoon but soon get solaced with the hope of uniting with their beloveds. They have been confined to particular places for the roads have been blocked by the rainy
1. कत्थइ तरुघणगहणं, पेच्छइ सा सव्वरीतमसरिच्छं।
कत्थइ पायवरहियं, रणं चिय रण रणायतं ।। कत्थइ वणदवदड्ढं, रणं मसिधूमधूलिधूसरियं । कत्थइ नीलदुमवणं, पवणाहयपचलियदलोहं ।। किलिकिलिकिलन्त कत्थइ, नानाविहस उणमिलियसंघट । कत्थइ वाणरपउरं, वक्कारुत्तसियमयजहं ।। कत्थइ सावयबहविह-अन्नोन्नावडियजज्झसहालं । कत्थइ सीहभउदय-चवलपलायन्लगयनिवहं ।। कत्थइ महिसोरित्किय, कत्थइ ड्रहुडहुडुहन्तनइसलिलं । कत्थइ पुलिन्दपउरं, सहसा छुच्छु त्ति कयबोलं ॥ कत्थइ वेणुसमुठ्ठिय-फुलिंगजालाउलं धगधगेन्तं । कत्थइ खरपवणाहय-कडमडभज्जन्तदुमगहणं ।। कत्थई किरि त्ति कत्थइ, हिरि त्ति कत्थइ छिरि त्ति रिच्छाणं।
सद्दो अइघोरयरो, भयजणो सव्वसत्ताणं ॥ ६४.३६-४५ 2. धवलबलायाधयवड-विज्जुलयाकणयबन्धकच्छा य
इन्दाउहकयभूसा, झरन्तनवसलिलदाणोहा ॥ अंजणगिरिसच्छाया, घणहत्थी पाहुडं व सुरवइणा । संपेसिया पभूया, रक्खसनाहस्स अइगुरुया ॥ ११.११२-११३
