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Chapter II Prakrit Verses In Vakroktijivita
1. Kuntaka cites this gåtha in the course of his discussion of the 'vicitramärga, and
asserts : foraaf HEAE lopf, 75 THIRT ara fa 1 - . 46 ASETIUT - 956 is a desi word meaning PRI; So 256TIU = H H beauty. OTIUFT8737T - ada hala sa ati ki TRT BRT : HHT = UHT means a lovely young woman. She is thus described :"sitat reloopafstot yarilac i huyqurat HT Fit Sama cheud il Again, kitachist a count a Grildi I Hatua HICUT HT 291HTR ACTII
Sometimes she is referred to as यौवनमध्यस्था or षोडशवार्षिकी or अप्रसूता"Gajendragadkar Kavya Prakasa (p. 492). tar line, i.e. creation. "The metaphor is taken from drawing. For what an artist draws represents his creation. Hence to stands for creation". Ibid, p. 493
Although Free and a foori are really not different from what we find in the world they are represented as different in order to suggest that the gym, endowed with these attributes, is uniquely beautiful. Later on Mammata cites this gatha as an example of the figure Atiśayokti (Abhede bheda variety).
2. This găthă occurs in Vākpatirāja's Gaüdavaho. Kuntaka after setting forth its
meaning cogently observes:
"The poet intends to suggest his sense of pride and selfimportance. No poet in the past could take out anything from the treasure of speech as he was ignorant of the essence hidden in it. But now for the first time his pratibha (creative genius) has successfully broken the seal open and revealed the highest essence of speech. Thus he brings to the fore his justification for writing a new poem like Gaüdavaho.
3. This gātha is already dealt with; vide DHV S.No. (33.12) supra.
Kuntaka introduces it in the course of his discussion of the figure Vyatireka; and introduces it with the words: "JET HARARIIG a dant URI -"
4. Kuntaka cites this gāthā as an example of Pankti - samstham Dīpakam (Dipaka
in a series). In this variety "several related agents etc., are themselves so many
