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There was nothing of derision in attributing this diminutive appellation.
6.4.4. Tisatthi-Mahāpurisa-Guņālankāru(Sk. Trişasthi Mahāpuruşa Guņālankāraha) is approximately an Apabhramśa rendering of Sanskrit Mahāpurāņa of Jinasēna, and Guṇabhadra, an epic of Rāstrakūta period. In theme and style, in depth and dimension prakrti work has closely followed the Sanskrit model. Like the latter, the former has also two parts of Ādipurāņa and Uttarapurāņa, dealing with the same topics. Prakrit poem has a unifrom style since it was authored by a single poet. The whole work comprises (80+42) 122 cantos and embodies 20,000 (Kadavakas) verses. Thus, even in the bulk of the poem, Prakrit work resembles Sanskrit original.
6.4.5. The plot of Jasaharacariu and Nāyakumāracariu, two classics belong to the type of popular belles lettres. These two poems with nine and four cantos respectively, were composed and completed at Nanna's mansion. Naturally both the works are dedicated to Nanna, a Good Samaritan. To put it in a nutshell, Ņāyakumāracariu richly illustrates the fruit of observing a fast on the occassion of śrípañcami ritual. Jasaharacariu deals with the life of Yasodhara, and Amộtamati, his spouse, and their subsequent births.
6.4.6. The didactic and religious stories of the heros of these two classics are made popular by poets like Puşpadanta, who has spread his influence of Kannada narrative literature. Puşpadanta, a prince among Apabhramsa, authors had many titles : sarasvatinilaya, kavikulatilaka, abhimāna-mēru, kāvya-ratnākara, kāvyapiśāca; ‘abode of goddess of learning', 'poet par excellence', "highly self-respecting', 'ocean of poetry', 'bon-vivant of poetry'. Outwardly he was a householder, at heart a monk. He has respectfully remembered Caturmukha, Svayambhū and Tribhuvana Svayambhu, who were the early authors
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