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Some Intervening Stories in Guŋapala's Jambucarlyam
I am not stupid like that monkey, oh lady! who ultimately got irretrievably lost in that liquid-affirmed Jambu. Good bye to the sensual pleasures once and for all (JC, Uddesa, 12; pp 120-121).
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Concluding I would like to point out again that these illustrative parables are not found in the Vasudevahiods of Sanghadasa and Uttarapurana of Gunabhadra. They are also not found in any other works previous to Gugapala's Jambucariyam (JC). The source of Gugapala thus remaining untraceable, the only possible inference is that he might have availed himself of the vast canonical and commentarial literature as also the Nijjuttis, Cuppis and Bhassas.
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