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5. PAUMA CARIU TIPPANA:
Paum Cariu written by Svayambhu, is the earliest work of Apabhramsa literature so far discovered. It was composed in the 8th Century A.D. It is a Jaina Rāmāyana which describes the life of Rama according to Jaina mythology. From a literary point of view, Pauma Cariya is considered one of the best and richest work not only in Apabhramsa but also in any Indian language.
A small Samskrit commentary of this work has been discovered in the Grantha Bhandar of Jaina temple Teräpanthi, Jaipur. Though the date of the commentary is not given the manuscript is an old one. It appears that it was composed in about 13th Century. It renders the difficult words of Apabhramsa into Samskrit. The commentary begins as under :
स्वयभुव महावीर प्रणिपत्य जगद्गुरू । रामायणस्य वक्ष्यामि टिप्पण मतिशक्तित ॥
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गुरु परमेट्ठि बृषभनाथ अथवा गुरवश्च ते पचपरमेष्ठिन. ते प्रर्हतसिद्धाचार्योपाध्याय साधवस्तत्र तिहुयण लग्गणखम इति पाठ । पुरणु पुन संस्कृत प्राकृत व्याकरण छो द्विसधान भारतसूत्रकानंतर श्रारिसु विरतन महामुनिप्रणीतरामायणशास्त्र । परगुरु परमेष्ठि नत्वेति पूर्वनमस्कारादुपरि चतुविशति परमजितान्नमस्कृत्य कावे काव्येन ||१||
6 ĀNANDĀ :
Ananda is a small work which consists 42 stanzas. The main subject of the work is ethics. The stanzas express lofty sense in a few words. They touch the various spheres of life of a man and teach him to remain honest and pious. The date of the work is not given but it seems that it was composed in about 13th. Century.
The manuscript of the work is preserved in Amer Sastra Bhandar Jaipur. Some of the stanzas are as follows:
प्पु गिरजतु परम सिउ अप्पा परमाणदु ।
मूढ कुदेवरण पूजयइ प्रांगदा रे ! गुरु विष्णु भूलउ प्रधु || २ ||
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मितfर भरिउ पाउमलु मूढा करहि सरगृहाणु ।
जे मल लाग चितमहि श्राणदा रे ! किम जाय सण्हारिए || ४ ||
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केइ केस लुचावहि, केइ सिर जट भारु ।
प्राप्प विदुर जाहिं भारदा । किम पावहि भवमारु ||६||
