Sambodhi 1972 Vol 01

Author(s): Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

Page 23

On Some Specimens of Carcar
21 Some six Caccaris or Cacarts are known to literature They were composed in the 14th Century them are given below*7
Title Carcarka
Caccart Dharma-Caccart
Author
Solana
Anonymous
..
Form and extent 38 Dohas
30
20
19
39
us from Early Gujarati Some details about
Subject Pilgrimage to Mount Girnar
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Jain religious
practices and
VOWS
Besides, Jina candrasun-carcart by Hemabhusana (25 Dohas about the greatness of Guru), Jinaprabodhasuri-carcart by Somamurti (a eulogy in 16 Dohas) and a Caccart by Jinaprabhasuri are still in the manuscript form
22 These Carcants in Apabhramsa and Early Gujarati were didactio works composed by Jain authors on the model of contemporary popular and purely literary compositions They indicate that during its long course of evolution Carcart got transformed from a short festive lyrical aong to a substantial poem with some narrative and descriptive content The connection with the festival and dance also altered substantially and the original metrical form and structure too changed beyond recognition
23 These general observations about Carcart with some inevitable elements of surmise can be verified only when huge gaps in our information are filled up, and that depends upon finding out actual specimens of Carcart from classical texts belonging to the period between sixth to the thirteenth century It was also a part of the purpose of the present paper to show that a close scrutiny of published Prakrit and Apabhramsa works is likely to be rewarding in such matters