Nirgrantha-2

Author(s): M A Dhaky, Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

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connection, it is to be noted that Anandavardhana, while pointing out how there are endless literary modes of expressing a theme (ukti-vaicitrya), mentions one that is based on a particular language or dialect and illustrates this with the following verse composed by himself:
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मह महु इति भणतो, बच्चेइ कालु जणस्सु । तो- वि ण देउप्पणद्दणउ, गोअरिहोइ मणस्सु ॥
Now, the language of the verse is standard Apabhramsa, but in Abhinavagupta's 'Locana', the language is designated as Saindhavabhāṣā, 'the dialect of Sindhudeśa".
If we put these points together, it seems probable that, in the performance of some dramatic works, when the Saindhava Läsyängya was employed, the language of the song text was, sometimes at least, Apabhramsa.
5. THE ILLUSTRATION OF UTTHAKKA CITED IN THE SVAYAMBHŪCCHANDAS
The eighth chapter (but really the 14th if we include the Purvabhäga portion) of the Svayambhücchandas, called 'Utthakadayah' (i.e. Treatment of Utthakka and other metres) opens with the definition as illustration of the metre Utthakka. It is defined as follows:
जड़ तिण्णि होंति पादावसाण, जमआ-वि होंति पादावसाण । उत्थक्क होई तउ तुहुं-विजाण, पाआण ताण x x तहुं विजाण ॥
(The last line is defective)
'If each line has three pa-ganas and ends with a da-gana, and if the yamaka occurs, you know it to be the metre Utthakka-x !'
This is illustrated there with the following verse :
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अ- रिंदूसासणेण विसमेण सुद्द दूसासणेण ।
जई मई ण भग्गु दूसासणेण, तो पहेण जामि दूसासणेण ॥
(मह in the printed text is corrected as मई )
'If I, Duḥśāsana, who is a life-breath of the emperor Dhṛtarastra, who is difficult to deal with and is highly uncontrollable, does not force (the opponent) to flee, I may pass away by the path ruled by evil.'
Now, this citation, given anonymously by Svayambhu, can be identified from his epic poem Ritthaṇemicariya (or Harivaṁsapurāna) as 5.,5,4 / 5-6 In the MSS. the lines 2 and 3 are exchanged. These words are spoken by Duḥśāśana who takes up the challenge to confront and defeat Abhimanyu. The latter has broken through and entered the Cakravyuha and he is inflicting defeat after defeat on all the top seasoned
Kuru warriors.
This identification has several important implications (1) Svayambhücchandas was written after the Ritthanemicariya
This confirms that the (2) The anonymous