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meante. It is only when Udayana refuses to surrender that the fight ensues And it was only when Sylankayana was hit with the spear of Uday pa that the latter's horse was killed, and as he fell down from it he was captured allve, bound with creepers and carried away by the chieftains of Pradyota The sun had set by thenu Bhamaha's objections noy 1vv, and vi could, therefore not apply to the VVD
(vii) Although, normally even a child would casily be able to distinguish between a living elepbant and an artificial one, the poet has uply justified his use of the motif of Udayeo's failure to dy s) by introducing the elements of destiny and curse, the former in the very beginning of the VVD and the latter in the very first Act,as
In view of the above facts from the VVD, one finds it difficult to accept the contention of Dr A D Pusalkar that the criticism applies in all particulars to the incidents described in the Vinavasavadalta "and that "the situation and incidents mentioned by Bbamah are all found in the Vina,"se Is totally groundless and hence untenable
Both the PRY of Bhasa and the VVD being out of question, the deck 1$ again clear and the question of the real target of Bhimaba's criticism still gapes us in our face Let us, then search for some other work wbosc author Bbamaba means to criticise
Pandits Batuknath Sharma and Baldev Upadby aya have suggested that Bbamaha "may be criticizing Gunadhya's, Brhatkatha itself which was indeed
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Op ct, Act II, P 26 पालङ्कायन-कुशलिममक्षत त्वा इष्टमिश्छति महासेन । also, ibid, p 27 शाल०-प्रयोत मा मुक्तपास्त्र श्रेय स्याते महत्ततः । देशकालौ हि विद्यते अमावास्तेजसोऽपि च ॥ १२ ॥ Op cit p 29, ibid, चेट -हद्धि गभारोहएण हिमनप्पदेसे तोमरेण हदो भट्टियो तुरभो। p 30 चेट -भय्य अत्थगदो भमयो सरयो । धुमाभदि सु सब भगापम् । P33 चोर-हछि, पब्दिो भट्टा ।
34. चोर --अतुलबलपराक्रमप्रभाव:, प्रथितयशा समरानागात्र 1 परपतिरिमिनियम नीतो, पलिरिव भोगिपभोगपाशबद्ध ॥ २ । ३०॥ VVD, Act I, m2 विवाहो जन्म मरण यत्र येन यथा मवेत् । तत्र तेन तदैवतज्जायवे किल मान्यथा ॥२॥ also ibid, p 10 Bhutam, A Study. P 79
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