Jinamanjari 1995 09 No 12

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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and rivulets. The roaring lions tearing the foreheads of the elephants, the elephants taking to their heels at the sight of the Sarabhas, and the bison are attacking each other. At places the monkeys and the birds are shrieking and at places the deer fleeing away.
A similar aspect of Simhaninada forest is described (94.37-45). The poet introduces a variety of detailes. Somewhere the forest is thick and it is pitch dark, some-where the trees and plants have been burnt to ashes, some-where the bisions are enjoying dips in the river, somewhere the Pulindas are crying 'chu chu', somewhere the bamboothickets are on fire and somewhere the bears are sounding fearful shrieks(94.36]. This description excells in onomatopoeic effects. Adaptation of sound to the sense-effect is a common feature of the poet's art.
Seasons
: The poet describes rainy season with an array of metaphors (11.112-119). The black clouds are elephants, the flying cranes are, the flags, the lightning flashes are the golden belts of the elephants, the rainbow is their colourful ornaments and the juice flowing from the temples of the elephants is the raining water 111.11-21]. These elephants in an array are welcoming the arrival of victorious Ravana. The sky has gone dark and the land has formed crevices, The wayfarers being struck with the torrents of rain fall into swoon but soon get solaced with the hope of uniting with their beloveds. They have been confined to particular places for the roads have been blocked by the rainy water. Helpless as birds without wings, they are pining for their sweet hearts. The earth, a beautiful damsel clothed in bright watery garments is smiling in the blossoming Kutaja flowers at the arrival of Dasanana.
In the description of the rainy season in the Rtusamhara (2.1) kalidasa uses similar metaphors[21]. The rainy season is the king, the clouds, the elephants and lightning the flags.
While describing gardens, forests and rivers the poet merely gives an exhaustive list of trees, plants, creepers, aquatic birds and animals without any poetic colouring (53.79; 46.73-76; 21.48-50; 42.6-10;