Book Title: Nav Smarana
Author(s): Vinod Kapashi
Publisher: Vinod Kapashi

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________________ accept that the stotra was composed at that time then we must also accept that the use of musical instruments, cosmetics, and certain social customs are equally as old. But there seems to be another Nandishena during the time of Mahävira. He was one of the sons of King Shrenik of Magadha. No record of what he wrote has been found and this makes things complicated. However if one checks the style of the language and indeed some of the phrases used in this smarana, one can see that some of the phrases are the same as those used in some latter-day scriptures. Just to give one or two examples: The Räypasaneya Sootra gives this narration- "Sukuhar gunjant vans tanti täla taal..." Whereas verse No. 31 in this stotra says- "vans sadda tanti taal..." Here the musical instruments are mentioned in the same sequence. Vans, tanti and taal are three types of musical instruments. This may lead one to think that the Ajit-Shanti Stava was composed much later than the Raypasenia Sootra, which is believed to have been composed after the time of Mahåvira. 9.1 Composition This stotra is composed in the Präkrit language and several different meters have been used in the composition. These are as follows: Name of the Chhanda/ meter Verse No 1,2, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 4,6 9, 11, 22 10 1. Gähä 2. Silogo (Shloka) 3. Magadhikä 4. Aalinganakam 5. Sangatakam 6. Sopänakam 7. Veshtakah 8. Rasalubdhaka 9. Rasanandikam 10. Chitralekhä 11. Narachak 12. Kusumlatä 13. Bhujagparingitam 14. Khidhatakam 15. Lalitakam 16. Kislaymälä 17. Sumukham 18. Vidyutviläsitam 19. Ratnamälä 20. Kshiptakam 21. Dipakam 22. Chitrakshara 12 13 14, 27, 31, 32 15

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