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Chittaja and his Subhasitas
ins to sia is reflected. In some verses, though very few, which depict the poignant condition of the beloved or the lover, the erotic sentiment finds expression. The verse, in the mouth of a femalo deer about to be killed by the hunter, represents a good instance of pathetic sentiment.
Apart from the verses related to the stuti of Śiva and the king, 17 miscellaneous verses testify specially to his versatile talent. He touches a vast number of other subjects as well. The different phases of the moon, anxiety of the lover, the resounding holy waters of Narmada, the adventures of Ravana and the unhappy plight of the bee hovering on the Kunda, Mango otc.: all these he can depict with equal caso. - His selection of the dialogue form in certain subhasitas lends special charm to the verses such as T (1.13) or left etc. (v. 14).
As is natural with any good poet, the present work also is adorned with a variety of figures of speech. Our author introduces Rūpaka (v.35), Aprastutaprašamsā (v. 14), Ekavall (v. 14), Vyā jastati (v. 22) Apahnuti. (v. 43), Utprekņā (v. 51), Vyatireka (v. 23), Uttara (v. 41), Preyas (v, 8), ete. Naturally his subhāṣitas abound in the use of Aprastutaprasamsa The very fact that his different verses have been cited in works on poetics as examples for figures of speech is enough proof of his skill in the use of various figures. : The account of the various matres used in the verses is given below:
The favourite metre of this poet seems to be Śardalavikridita in which he has composed as many as 33 versos out of 52 verses. It display: his skill in handling difficult metres. He has used seven other metres. Sragdhara. occurs in five verses, (14, 26, 36, 42, 46), śikhariot in four vorges (27, 40 49, 52), Vasantatilaka in three verses (1, 10, 38), and Harin in two veries. (44, 47).
One verse (41) is in Arya metre, while one verso (35) is in Mandakar&nt# motre. Threo veracs (12, 16, 39) found from Lakşmaza's Sk" are in Anuştup as the whole anthology contains subhasitas in Apuntur matge.
of the two versos pertaining to grammar ono (v. 1) is in Amunlup while the other verse (v. 2) is in Vasantatilaka..
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