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• भास्मारामप्रसूतेः सुकृतविटपिनः सर्वमेवाप्रमाणं
मूले सन्तोषरूपे यदि च न निहितो लोभनामा कुठारः ॥"
The poet in Jinabhadrasuri is quite overpowered by the preacher in him, when he proceeds to propound the greatness of the Five Salutational Formula (panca-namaskāras).8. And, finally, when he embarks upon a regular panegyric in praise of the idols of the Jinas, the poet completely forgets the narrator in himself so much so that he concludes the prayer with a regular declaration of the benefits, l.e., a éphalasruti', far those who would regularly recite it every morning. And he seems to be serious about it in that he has incorporated bis name in it thus :
स्तवनमिति यः प्रातः पठत्यशठाशयः । स भवति महानन्दस्थान सदा जिनभद्रधीः प्रकटितगुणगणारामो भवानिव धीधनः ॥
(v) Characterisation :
(a) General Remarks :
Mainly concerned as our author is with the narrative and the ornamentational aspects of his art, he did not seem to have much scope to metamorphose the characters completely in view of his strict adherance to the traditional story. His art lies more in elaborating and adorning, and thus dressing up, the skeleton of a readymade story rather than altering it out of recognition. Even then, this very process of elaboration and adorament bas served incidentally to impart a better shape to his characters like Madanarekha, Parivrajikā, Yugababu, Caudrayasas, Nani and others.
(6) Madanarekha :
Being the central character of the story, Madanarekha is the heroine of the romance in her own right as an ideal of matrimonial fidality and as a worthy mother of Nami the canonized Pratyekabuddha of Jainism, Jinabhadrasüri could not avoid touching the physiological aspects of the character of Madanarekba which is being presented before our imagination as a paragon of human beauty as seen through the passionate eyes of king Maniratha who could not control himself from yearning to possess and enjoy her so much so that he goes to the extent of murdering his
38. Op. cit., p. 98, vs. 224. 99. Op. cit., pp. 105-106, vas. 247-253, 40. MRA, P. 119, v. 289 bcd,
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