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Critical Remarks
The observations made above about the functions of various metres in MK. hold good in the case of JC. also. Some special remarks follow.
No. 1. vv. 2495-2506 make up a Kadavaka. It is a hymn to Rṣabha.
No. 2. Paddhaḍi is used at vv. 1721-1729 for variation with the Rāsāvalaya.
No. 4.
Prakrit and Apabhramśa Studies
We have three long passages in Rasavalaya. vv. 17301753 describe female beauty, vv. 2659-2684 describe seasons. vv. 2692-2699 describe Bharata's repentant mood and Rṣabha's observations.
No. 10. Raḍḍā is extensively used in JC. We have a total of 320 vv. 1375-1384 describe the eight Pratihāryas, vv. 14011415 describe Marudevi's worries about Rṣabha's plight and Bharata's consolation. vv. 2350-2495 and 2517-2553 describe the episode of the battle between Bharata and Bahubali. vv. 3537-3560 contain a hymn to the twentyfour Tirthankaras. Vardhamana-suri's extensive use of Raḍḍā for the narrative purpose probably set a model for Haribhadrasuri who later on composed his Nemināhacariya entirely in Raḍḍās. Ratnaprabha also described in his commentary on the Upadeśamālā the battle between Bharata and Bahubali in the Radda metre (folios 65-68, vv. 85-108).
Alsdorf L. (ed.)
Bhayani H. C.
Bhayani H. C. (ed.)
Bhayani H. C. and
Modi M. C. (ed.)
Reference Works
Der Kumarapalapratibodha, 1928. Introduction to the Samdeśarāsaka, 1945. (See under Muni Jinavijaya) Paumacariya of Svayambhadeva, Part I,
1952.
Neminähacariya of Haribhadra, Vol. I, 1970; Vol. II, 1971.
