Jain Journal 1968 04

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

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JAIN JOURNAL
Akşaras
Pingala
Kedara
Gangadasa Hemacandra
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Hemacandra had evidently all the authoritative texts before him He gives alternative names of metres in many cases For instance, regarding metre samgatam he remarks 'padmamukhi-suratāvasthām-uddharanamsopānak am ceryanye' He has extensively referred to Bharata Thus on metre pritthur, he notes 'vilamvitagatiriti bharatah' He notes again that Bharata's name for what is now known as mandākrāntā metre was Sridhara
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Hemacandra was a poet of great ability and he has illustrated every one of the metres with verses of his own, many of which are exquisite 5 A few of his verses, chosen at random, will be reproduced at the end of of the article
The Chandanušāsana consists of eight chapters Briefly these deal with
sutras Chapter I Definitions and abreviations Chapter 11 Jan, 1e , 'sama' metres
401 Chapter 111 Ardha-sama metres, visuina metres, vaitaliya
and other matrā metres, mātrā-sama metres Chapter IV Gathā, ie, ārvā metres These are
Prakrit metres Chapter V Apabhramsd metres Chapter VI Apłbhramsa metres continued-catuspadi
and sat padi Chapter VII Apabhramsa metres continued- dvipad: Chapter VIII Prastāra
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6 Hemacandra in chapters IV-VIII has dealt with about 340 metres This by far exceeds the number of metres treated in any other work on Prakrit (and Apabhramsa) metres There are 1006 verses almost all perhaps composed by Hemacandra himself of which 626 are in Sanskrit