Book Title: Kuvalayamala Part 2
Author(s): Udyotansuri, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

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________________ 76 KUVALAYAMĀLĀ Jayanti from Vijayā. The environments of Vijayā and the route to it from Ayodhyā, as stated by him in the Kuvalayamālā, very well suit the present-day Vijayadurga which was included in the Vijayapura territory. 8. AUTHORS AND WORKS REFERRED TO IN THE KUVALAYAMĀLĀ Uddyotanasūri is an adept in the Kathā branch of literature, and his Kuvalayamālā is a veritable gem in it. He enumerates various types of Kathās, and styles this work as Samkīrņakathā ($$ 7-9.). He is a poet of wide learning; and he is fully acquainted with his predecessors and their works in this field. His references to them occur mainly in one paragraph ( 6), mainly in one paragraph (§ 6), at the beginning of this work : 1) Pādalipta (Pālittaya) is the well-known author of the Taramgavaī which receives here great compliments. He seems to have been taken as a contemporary of Hāla (=Sālāhaņa) who is mentioned along with him. 2) Hāla had a great hold on the village folk, and his Kośa is an inexhaustible thesaurus. 3) Chappaņņaya is not the name of any author like Pādalipta or Hāla, but connotes a group of poets (to which Pādalipta and Hāla also could be assigned) adept in wise sayings; and lately, a Gathākosa attributed to them has been brought to light. 4) The Vaddakahā (i, e., Brhatkathā) of Guņādhya (who is called Kamalāsana) is a veritable mirror for poets and is likened to Sarasvatī. 5) Vyāsa and Vālmīka to whom we owe Bhārata (see also $ 94) and Rāmāyana are unsurpassed models. 6) Bāna's Kādambarī is brilliant with exquisite expressions. 7) Vimala (the author of Paimacariya) who is Vimalāñka is complimented for his lucid Prākrit. 8) Devagupta, a royal saint from the Gupta family (see also § 430), is well-known for his Supurisacariya. 9) Harivarsa, the author of Harivaṁsuppatti, is complimented for his popularity and spotless expression. 10) The Sulocanā is a well-narrated Dharmakathā. 11) The royal saint Prabhañjana is famous for his Yasodharacarita. 12) The charming Varānga- and Padma-caritas are composed by praiseworthy poets, Jadiya (=Jadila) and Ravişeņa. 13) The author of the Samarāditya-kathā, (namely, Haribhadra) who is Virahāńka, is mentioned as a teacher or Guru (of the author, see also $ 430 below) in scriptural instruction. 14) Other poets (whose names are not given) known as Abhimānāöka, Parākramāňka and Sāhasāńka are also remembered (86). In other contexts some other works and authors find mention rather casually. A great authority on astrology is Vamgāla Risi, and long quotations possibly from his Vamgālajāyaga are given (S$ 48-9). The Jonīpāhuda (=Yonīprābhrta) is a work dealing with the utpatti of various Jīvas and about the fusion of metals etc. (34.24.). It was an authority on alchemy, turning baser metals into gold; and there were adepts in the study of this work (196.32; 197.6, 20). The Gitā or Bhagavad-Gītā, as a text which was recited, is referred to (48.17; 82.33). There is mentioned (56.28) Cāņakya-śāstra (in plural): this may have the Arthasāstra of Kautilya in view. In the light of the context, I have shown elsewhere (Bhāratiya Vidyā, Jan. 1947, pp. 23-4) how Samaramiyamkā Kahā stands for the Samarāiccakahā, Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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