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St. Nilanjana S. Shah
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and enjoins Tatpurues compound in the sense of
ap is one of the words included in this gana. Vardhamanasuri ven two meanings of अर्थेकृत्य, सार्थकं कृत्वा and सप्रयोजनं कृत्वा He supports the latter, leaning by quoting Chittapa's verse :
साक्षात्कृतेऽथ वर्णैकृति दिन्मुखानां उष्णकृतोऽषि वशे कृदमकदास्ते । आस्थाकृताः कृतनमस्कृतयोऽर्थमथै-.. कृत्य व्रती च नृपती च नृपस्य जग्मुः ॥
In this verse, is used in the sense of making fruitful rather than making meaningful."
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Here it may also be noted that in this verse, Chittapa has, also given illustrations of साक्षात्, लवण, उष्ण, वश, अमा, आस्था and नमस्कृति in additiog to अर्थ.
In this context, it deserves notice that three verses included in our dollection of Chittapa's Subhasitas are obviously intended to give similar illustrations for certain grammatical forms. They are verses no. 12, 14 and 38. They are cited by Lakṣmaṇa in his SK. In verse 12, he has illustrated two forms बाष्पायमाण and उष्मायमाण which are present participles of a. In verse 14 also, he has illustrated two forms & कोहितायंते which are forms of नामधातु. In verse 38, desiderative forms विचिकित्सति and जुगुप्सते are illustrated.
Sternbach37 has rightly guessed that probably Chittapa was the author of a Kavya illustrating grammar (ganaratna) and also of Śriggra-prakasa,
Even Raghavan,38 in his Śragara-Prakasa has doubted Bhoja's authorship of the work and presumably ascribed it to Chittapa or to some other pobt.
Agreement and disagreement as regards the ascriptions of the Subhajitas
Out of fifty two Subhasitas collated here, 24 are found only in Skm, 2 only in Smv, 1 only in Psr, while 3 verses found in SK are also not found cis el where. These verses are ascribed to Chittapa in these works.
The remaining 22 Subbasitas occur in more than one anthologies. The anthologists do not specify the author's name in the case of all verses. When an anthologist is not in a position to specify it, he either the verse unattributed or introduces it as composed by 'somebody. I the case of some of these verses, the author's name is given by some other
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