________________ speaker in the assembly of erudites : तथा चाहुः श्रीसिद्धसेनदिवाकरपादाः / स्वेदं समुद्वहति जम्भणातनोति निद्रायते किमपि जल्पति बस्तु शून्यम् / माशा विलोकयति खं पुनरेव धात्रीं भूताभिभूत इव दुर्वदकः सभायाम् / / Since this verse does not figure inside his known dvatrimsikas, it may have belong to a dvatrimsik a treating the theme of sabha and sabhasada. This verse has been quoted by Jinaprabha suri of Kharatara-gaccha in his Katantra-Vibhrama-t ika (S. 1352/A.D. 1296), as of Siddhasena Divakara. The style, tone, proclivity, cadence and cunning doubtless are of Siddhasena Divakara. A diligent search inside the Jaina literature, particularly inside the agamic curnis, vrttis, tikas, and of course kathanakas, caritas, Prabandhas as well as subhasita-anthologies and works on poetics is likely to reward with the discovery of some more such stanzas. For Siddhasena's compositions glitter like jewel in any corner they lie hidden or undetected. They cannot be missed, nor can they be mistaken as anybody else's, by a perceptive eye. 1. Comp. Muni Shri Punyavijayji, Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts Jesalmer Collection, L.D. Series, 36, Ahmedabad, 1972, p. 207 प्राचार्यरत्न श्री देशभूषण जी महाराज अभिनन्दन प्रन्थ Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
