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Appendix II
(i) Dr. V. Raghavan on Bhoja's Treatment of Nayaka-Näyikās :
"Bhoja deals with the Nayaka-Nāyikās in both his works, the SK and the ŠP. .:. The four primary classes of Nāyikās according to Bhoja are Svakiya, Parakīyā, Punarbhū and Sămānyā; the Svakīyā and the Parakīyā are each classified into Uttamă, Madhyamă, Kaniştha, Udhā, Anūdhā, Adhīrā, Dhīrā, Mugdha and Pragalbhā; this classification yields a total number of 143 varieties of Nāyikās for each of these two types. The Punarbhū is divided into Akşată, Kşată, Yātāyātā and Yayāvară. The Sāmānya falls into five sub-classes, Uụhā, Anudhā, Svayamvarā, Svairini and Veśyā, the last being further sub-divided into Ganikā, Vilasinī, and Rūpājīva. ... The eight Avastha Nāyikās are then enumerated and illustrated. --- In his SK Bhoja mentions these varieties with some difference, and defines and illustrates some of them in Ch. V, pp. 485-486, 592-601. On the Mugdha and Pragalbhā, there is no difference in Bhoja's definition, though he puts the definitions here in a brief and compact manner, 4:attazirrigurf, URAT Ruf and 24: tercinei viquif respectively. In both the works Bhoja omits under the Maña-varieties the third Dhīrādhīrā and gives only Dhīrā and Adhīrā. Uttamā, Madhyamā and Adhamă, the last of which is omitted in ŚP, are again briefly defined as full, threefourthsfull and halffull in excellences. On Jyeșthā and Kanişthā, of which the former is not given in ŚP, Bhoja follows Vātsyāyana and considers the earlier married elder wife as Jyestha and the later married younger one as Kanişthā. Ūdhā and Anūdhā are only once illustrated here but in SP Bhoja illustrates them twice under Svakīyā, Parakīyā and Sãmānya. The Udhă and Anūdhā under the former are illustrated by Draupadi who was the lawfully wedded common wife of five husbands, and Sītā before her marriage. Thus while the former, Udha Sāmānyā, will be a unique class created for Draupadi and Anūdhā Sāmānyā appears to apply to all Kșatriya-maidens. In Bhoja's definition of the Svakiyā, Parakīyā, and Sāmāny, there is no departure, but the sub-classes of Sāmānyā are to be noted; in the SK Bhoja merely defines and illustrates the Sāmānyā, but in the ŚP he gives her five varieties. Ūdhā and Anūdhā, already explained, Svayamvarā, Svairiņī and Veśyā... but mention must be made of the sub-classes of Veśyā which Bhoja gives in both the SP and the SK, the Gaņikā who is accomplished in all the arts, the Vilasini who flirts and Rūpājīvā who trades on her physical beauty. The Punarbhū re-introduced by Bhoja is simply defined
