Book Title: Sambodhi 1984 Vol 13 and 14
Author(s): Dalsukh Malvania, Ramesh S Betai, Yajneshwar S Shastri
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
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1. c. Bhayani
CRITICAL REMARKS No. 1. I 218 and 219. The fourth Päda of the first stanza under 218 is
defective. The episode of the Dispute Between the Seasons has clear indications of having a folk-tale origin. Hence these verses bear clear dialectal traits. The second stanza linder 219 is made up of Vadanaka and Laghu-Catuspadika. The latter has been very frequently used for Old Gujarati verse narratives (see for example Bhayani and Nahta, 1975, Introduction, p. 15; text, pp. 95-97) and for cpigrammatic poetry, and it also holds sway in traditional and folk poctry, e.g. iu the summing-up verse of a prose tale and in nursery rhymes. At II 97 Vadanka functions as the concluding piece (Ghatta) of a verse passage (Kadavaka). At II. 97 and II 509 it is lised to describe the condition of love in separation (viraha).
III 163 is a gnoniic verse cited from some earlier source. No. 2. Paddhadi is used for the main body of the Kadavaka at 1 786
797. That Kadavaka is a hymn to the twentyfour Tirthankaras. For a similar use of Paddha di see Svayambhū, 1962, pp. 96-99; for the use of Vadanaka, Paranaka and Paddhadi for the main
body of the Kadavaka, see Bhayani, 1952, Introduction, pp.94-97, No. 3. The language of I 361 shows some dialectal ("Proto-Hindi') traits. No. 4. See remarks under 1 above. No. 5 In II 284, the fourth Pada of the first stanza and the second aud
the fourth Pada of the second stanza are textually defective. The passage uuder III 111-118 also has some inaccuracies. The langu. age of such descriptive Madanavatara verses is usually Prakritized. It has been conventionally used to describe wealth of wild flora. See for example Svyambhu's Paumacariya III 1, Vijayasena - süri's, Revantagirirasu, second Kadavaka (wherein as in MK. III 111-118 Mount Giruar is described in a Dvibhangi type of metre, one of
its constituent being Madanavatāra). No. 6. The Rasavalyas seem to be used mostly in passages describing
einotional condition of a character or tense moments in a narrative. This characterization applies to I 182, 193, to the verses II 93 96 (with 97 as the summing-up verse in Vadanaka) and I 135-138. The verses from the story of Candanabala (1 268-272; 273-274) give the impression of a composition partly executed as a Rasaka. II 325 is a citation. III 144 is a summing-up verse. III 160-1 69 is a sermon on chastity. III 512-522 is a hymn to the Tirthankara Santinatha.
Rasavalaya was the standard metre of the Apabhramsa poetic geure Rasabandha or Rāsaka, The MK. Rasavalaya passages arc
