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Works on anuprekṣa in Kannada Literature
Vijayanna and his work
Vijayanna (A. D. 1448) gives some information about himself in his work. He was not only a poet but also, like many other Jaina poets, was an ascetic. He wrote his work 'Dvadaśānu prekṣe' at the request of Devabhūpa of Honnabandi, for the benefit of people. He composed his work in Santinatha temple at Ammenabhāvi, seven miles from Dharwar in Karnataka. He was a pupil of Pārsvakirti muni.
There are in total 1362 verses in Sangat ga metre and they are divided into 12 chapters. Depending on the context, to justify the particular anu preks the poet refers to one or more than one story in one or two verses or in 3-4 lines in prose. The table given below shows the relevancy of the illustrated stories :
Anu prekṣā 1. Adhruvănuprekṣa
2. Anyatvānuprekṣā
3. Aśucitvänuprekṣā
4. Asravanuprekṣã
5. Dharmanuprekṣa
Minor Works
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Story refered
(i) Cova, (ii) Nāgaśrī
(i) Baladeva and Vasudeva (i) Rāvana
(i) Subhauma, (ii) Amitäriśakti, (iii) Amṛtamati
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Dvadasanu prekşe of Balacandra muni
There is an anuprekṣa work by Balacandramuni. Kannada inscriptions praise his name as Adhyatmi Bālacandra (1176 A. D.). He is one of the significant commentators in Kannada. He has written commentaries on Pañcastikāyasāra, Pravacanasāra, Samayasāra, Mokṣaprābhrita and Tatvarthasūtra. In his Dudaśānu prekşe, there are 14 verses (vrttas) and each verse ends with the word 'Jineswara'. The poet himself has named these verses as 'jinaguna-st avanangal'. This work is
also called Jina-stuti.
(i) Rāvana (ii) Pāṇḍavas (iii) Baka (iv) Carudatta (v) Brahmadatta (vi) Śrimati and Vajrajangha (vii) Śrişeņa (viii) Dandaka (ix) Vṛṣabhasena (x) Kaundeśa (xi) Manduka (xii) Prabhavati
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