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Classification of Poetry
821 "dhūrta-vița-kuttanīmatamayūra-mārjārikā”di yalloke kāryákārya-nirūpaņa-rūpam
iha nidarśanam tad api.” Thus, Dhūrta-vita-samvāda, Kuttanīmata and also stories of a cat or a peacock etc. are also illustrations of nidarśana. Bhoja had mentioned examples of Pañcatantra, Mayūra, Mārjāra and Suka on an earlier occasion while illustrating mixed compositions in verse and prose. Dr. Raghavan suggests that here 'suka' may refer to 'śuka-saptati'. (pp. 620, ibid). Pravahlikā is explained by Bhoja (pp. 439, ibid) as,
"yatra dvayor vivāda(h), pradhānam adhikrtya, jāyate sadasi, sárdha-prākrta-racita
pravahlika-cețaka-prabhști." Bhoja is the first to point out this variety of śravya-kāvya. The illustration cited is “cețaka”, etc. It is supposed to be written partly in prākta : “sárdha-prākrtaracita.” It is perhaps a eulogy on a king or some other hero. This is done by a device of a discussion between two persons in an assembly - "sadasi; dvayor vivādah" and - is with reference to a principal character - 'pradhānam adhikrtya'. Hemacandra also refers to this variety: T a. Ch. III describes this type as a composition mixed with prose and verse and thus it seems to come closer to 'Camp Raghavan remarks, (pp. 621, ibid) - "The pravahlikā has a history going upto Vedic times; certain verses in the Atharva Veda (XX. 133) are given the name Pravahlikā in Aitareya (vi. 33), and Kausitakī, (* * * 7) Brahmaņas; see also śānkh. Śr. Sūtra, XII. 22; Khila V. 16. The Brhaddevatā (I. 35) gives it as the name of one class of mantras; and in these places, Pravahlikā has been taken as a riddle. (ft. n. see vedic Index, II. p. 40).” Dr. Raghavan has given some more interesting information in this context (pp. 622, 623, ibid) which could be read in his work. Manthulli [kā] : Bhoja observes - (pp. 469, ibid) :
ksudra-kathā manthullī yā iha mahārāștrabhāṣayā bhavati, gorocanena kāryā sā anangavatīva vā kavibhih.”
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