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of those days he was spared during this unconscious state But the moment he come to his own the enemy ranks did close on him and one of the soldiers did try to behead bim It was first by accident and then by the Intervention of Salankayana that Udayana was saved so Thus Bhasa's version provides sufficient plausible grounds for justifying the fact of Udayana's being spared inspite of his suicidal mad entry into the enemy ranks
(vi) and (VII) In the opinion of Mm Dr Kane at the words abhiprayam kaver imam' of Bhamaha amount to this that some poets first narrated the story of Udayana and then others, referred to as 'vidvad bhyah adopted (nayanti) the story for their own purpose (in a Mahakavya or drama), where they made the king unable distinguish between a real elephant and a sham onc and made him start on an adventure single-handed Dr Kane thinks that Bhamaba seems to refer probably to Gunādhya, the author of the Byharkatha, as 'kavl' Dr Kanes view is plausible
Anyway, Bbasa is very clever in the execution of bis plot in his Pratijayaugandhayana in which Udayana is decieved due to threefold circumstaoces, viz, 0) the sham elephant was camouflaged by a number of real ele phantsa (u) the sham elephant was well-covered with creepers of jasmine and thickets of Sala tree and only the tusks and nails could be marked, **
29 Op cit p 13
ईसक- मभिदुहा दे पावा । op cit 14 हसक-एको पमिदो अकय्य कत्तु । सो दक्षिणाहिमुह परिवत्तिभ भट्टार समरवाभामसखो विदावि णिवार सहिखविन केसाणि पीडिम करेण करवाळ पहारवेग उप्पादइदुकामो
भाषामन्तो। 30 Opat, PDF
इसक- तदो हिळपडळपिच्छिळाए भूमिए सो णिससभो सरण वेएण ओघट्टिदचळणो पबिहदारम्भो हदो परिदो। op cit p 15 इसक-दो भट्टिणा पुनम कुन्तप्पहारअणिमोहो साळकाअणो णाम पज्जोदस्स अमच्चो 'मा रु मार साहस' ति णिम त देस सददिठहो । हसक तदा तकाळदुळळह पणाम करिम
सरीरमन्तणादो तेष मोइदो भट्टा। 31 Hut. Skt. Puelics, P 115 32 PRY,P4
चौगन्धरामय -. बनगजप्रच्छादितशरीर नीलहस्तिममुपन्यस्य । 33 Op el.p9
चौगन्धरायन - अनिकासासक्छादितशरीरो नखदन्तवर्जमेकनीलो हस्ती ।
