Jain Journal 1991 01

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

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24. NJS: Nemijinesa Sangati of poet Mangarasa (Mangarāja) is a Ka kävya in sängatya metre. This poet of a royal family is one of the prolific writers in Ka. NJS and SSB are both varṇaka kāvyas which are essentially narrative in nature. Accordingly, NJS has rightly incorporated and elaborated CD's story in all its details. My book 'Mangarasa' published by Mysore University (1966) gives a critical assessment of all the works of this poet. 1508 A D.
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25. VDA: Vijayaṇṇa's Dvādaśānuprekṣe in Ka is a sāngatya-kāvya which explains 12 anuprekṣās. There is only a casual reference to the story of CD. 1448 A.D.
26. NKC: Nagakumāracarite of poet Bahubali in Ka is written in sangatya metre. Here also there is just a casual reference to CD's story 'who lost his wealth to a prostitute'. 1593 A.D.
27. BNS Bommanņa's Nagakumāra Ṣatpadi in Ka also follows the above NKC. As a matter of fact BNS is a free rendering of NKC, from sangatya to sa padi. I have edited this kavya with the help of two palm leaf MS and the University of Bangalore has published it (1977). VDA, NKC and BNS form a group of kāvyas which merely mention the name of CD without elaborating it. The tone of these works speaks of forbidding the act of going to a prostitute which is one of the seven famous vyasanas. 1749 A.D.
Though there may be a few more works in Sk, Pk, Gujarati and other languages, this list can tentatively be considered as quite exhaustive. A variant version of the story of CD, with only a change in the name as Sanudasa, is found in Budhasvamin's Bṛhatkathākoṣa Sangraha (BKKS). Dr. J. C Jain in his excellent thesis Vasudevahindi, published by the L. D. Institute of Indology (1977), has made a comparative study of these two kavyas, BKKS and SVH.
Appendix D
A. Śivakoti Acarya: Bhagavati Ārādhanā, Gāthā No. 1082:
jādohu cărudatto gaṭṭhi dosena ta ha vinida vi ganlyāsatto mojjesatto kulayanāsao ya tahā