Jain Journal 1968 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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approves didāsate following Palyakırtı Panini has no corresponding rule Such instances are numerous
Of the second fifty sutras (51-100) of III 1, no less than thirtyseven are taken from Sakatayana II 1 without modification Two sutras appear substantially modified and eleven are new Of the first fifty sutras of VII 2, thirtyfive are taken over without change, six with transpositions of words, one has been split up, three have been adapted with slight change or addition while only two are new In IV 1, thirtythree out of one hundred and twentyone are from Sakatayana In II 4, fortysix out of the one hundred and thirteen are from Sakatayana some with only slight changes Of the new sutras in III 1, seven are based on the sutras of Bhoja (1II 2)
For a better appreciation of Hemacandra's contribution as a grammarian, it is necessary first to prepare a Sakatayana-Hema concordance and to prepare a list of word-forms, etc in Siddha-Hema and Bṛhadvrttı which are not approved by the Paninian school and to try to locate the sources if possible As regards new materials in the sutras most are traceable to either Sakatayana or Bhojaraja's grammar, the Sarasvatikanthabharana
A few words need be added regarding the Dvyasrayakāvya and the Kumarapalacarita
The Dvyasraya is a mahākāvya in 20 cantos consisting of 2423 verses The poem contains little of historical value but incidentally refers to some curious customs in Gurjara such as crossing of the village boundary on Vijayadasami day, Dol ceremony of Somanatha, a popular game resembling hockey, worship of king Bali, marriage of maternal uncle's daughters, chasing Dhundha rahşasi in summer, etc It is recorded that Yadus were great drunkards, that soldiers rode mares, that they were accompanied by their wives when on march, that young ladies read Arthaśāstra and grammar and so on There are the usual descriptions of morning, marching armies, water-sports, love culling of flowers by ladies, night, sunrise, mountains and seasons The Caulukya kings of Gurjara from Mularaja to Kumarapala are extolled in the poems The kings whose exploits have been extolled are in succession Mularaja, Camundaraja, Nagaraja, Bhimaraja, Karnaraja, Siddharaja Jayasımha and Kumarapala Among historical and semi-historical events there is conquest of Saurastra under Grahari by Mularaja, death of Ballabha, Camundaraja's son,
The text, long out of print, will be published with short notes in this Journal in instalments