Book Title: Gaudavaho
Author(s): Vakpatiraj, Narhari Govind Suru, P L Vaidya, A N Upadhye, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad
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of whatever he saw in his survey of the wide areas of countryside, and not gay and gorgeous paintings drawn imaginatively in gaudy colours. The Flora and the Fauna :
It is interesting to note the wide and unique variety of the trees, creepers and their flowers, the birds, and the animals which the Poet has mentioned in his Poem. They can be classified as under :Trees :
(Red ) Asoka, Kesara or Bakula, Kadamba with its variety of Jala-Kadamba, Candana, Jambū, Arjuna, Cūta (Sahakāra ), Kharjūra, Tamāla, Pūga, Nālikera, Tāla, Sarala, Palāśa, Udumbara, Mālūra, Badara, Dhava, Campaka, Kāncanāra, nicula, Java, Usira, Nāramga. Creepers and Flowers :
Mālatī, Ketaka, Alambusā, Karīra, Karavīra, Karahāta, Kumbhi, Kāraha, Kinva, Kaccūra, Karamanda, Kunda, Kaseru, Kamala, Kuvalaya, Tāmarasa, Damanaka, Marubaka, Kutaja, Arka, Kandali, Lavalī, Sallaki, Māludhānī, Dādimi, Mustā, Haridrā, Vālunkī, Mādhavī, Yüthikā, Kāśa, Saptalā, Himsī, Tumbi. Birds :
Kalahamsa, Marāla, Krauñca, Sārasa, Balāka (-kā ), Jalaramku, Kukkubha, Kurara, Sarātī, Kalavimka, Kapota, Vāyasa, Lāvaka, Madhukara, Kīța. Animals :
Vrsabha, Varāha, Vidima, Mahișa or Sairibha, Simha, Gaja, Mțga ( Kastūri ), Ruru, Sāhāsāranga ( Monkey ), Karabha, Undura, Kamatha or Kacchapa. Poetic Features :
Vākpatirāja claims for his graceful literary composition (Givilasia ) the following special features :--
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