Jinamanjari 1995 09 No 12

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

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Athantaranyasa: Both Sugriva and Rama's wives are lost. Sugriva seeks Rama's help assuming that there is friendship between persons put in similar circumstances (47.4-5).
Prativastupama: Even the brave meet their death at the exhaustion of their 'punya' as the sun also has to set after having lighted the whole world (73.35).
Tulyayogita: King is the source of moral discipline as the mountain is of the river (53.4).
One thing that can be noted in the above mentioned examples is that generally the examples are not very much striking and thus these figures of speech remain in a rudimentany stage.
Sabdalankaras: Among Sabdalankaras onomatopoeia has frequently been used. Anuprasa can be seen (1. 1-6; 7.173; 10.53; 28.110; 89.53; 97.22) here and there. There is yamaka at 28.50 in the word 'guru' and at 96.49 in 'cakkahara'. The only example of Slesa can be traced in the word 'gayavaiyanam' meaning the elephants (gajapatikanam) and the women in separation (gatapatikanam) from their husbands (92.8). The spring season is painful to the latter and the lion to the former (patto vasantasiho gayavaiyanam bhayam dento). Selsa based on the metaphor 'spring lion' - 'vasantasiha'. [62.7-8]
Maxims, Proverbs and Sayings
The poet has specially been preoccupied with a sense of moral values hence he has strewn maxims, all over the work:
Religion is the strength of the weak (75.18). None can save the unrighteous (106.36). One is saved from disaster by virtue of his previous good deeds (96.40). The Sramanas, animals, cows, the women, youngsters and the decrepits should not be tortured (35.15). King is the root of social discipline (53.4). Modesty is the ornament of a woman (46.50). Daughters are destined to render their services to another family (6.22). Sons are the supports of the parents (31.97). The brave must not retreat 939.10). The wise shoudl not care for a thing lost (30.55).
There are short and pithy statements that are almost proverbial:
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