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Sometimes, it may also be the lady, sending message to her lover. The separation is caused due to a number of reasons like the effect of a curse, a journey for pilgrimage, by divine forces and so on. A chosen messanger is entrusted to convey the message, after reaching through a particular route, suggested by the sender. In most cases the sentiment will be love in separation. Some subsequent poets, especially Jaina Acāryas used this style of composition for ethical and philosophical teachings also. They also adapted this lyrical subdivision to express their dedication and devotion towards their Gurus.
In course of time, poets employed all kinds of messengers as the go between. The messengers include cloud, wind, moon, bee or parrot. Further, a host of other messengers too, were entrusted with the task of carrying the message. Most of later Dūtakāvyas, employ birds as messengers, probably adhering to line with the swan's employment as a messenger in Nala-Damayanti story, occurring in Mahābhārata. For style, diction or delineation of sentiments, these works owe much to that of the Meghadūta, but for the use of birds as a messenger, these owe probably to a much older source. Each poet tried to employ a different bird to serve as a messenger. This greater variety of messengers had added charm to the poetry. Had poets as messengers used the same birds, the Dūtakāvyas would have been a mass full of dull and insipid poetry. This phenomenon provided an opportunity to the poets to employ their skill, too. Those Dūtakāvyas treating abstract conceptions like morality, as a messenger are by the poets, whose minds are highly obsessed with philosophical conceptions. Generally, the philosophical conceptions are too obvious and abstract for a common man, often beyond his reach. But for the thinkers and preachers aiming to preach their religion to a common man, it becomes imperative to put them in a form, acceptable to them. The poets intend to inculcate the highest truths of their religion through the medium of their literature. Most of these Dūtakāvya treating abstract conceptions as messengers are composed by the Jainas. Their apparent aim in choosing the abstract conceptions as messengers is to propagate the principles of Jainism. It is attribute to the ingenuity of the poets that they chose the medium of Dūtakāvyas, which since ages has caught the fancy of the people of the country. Jaina Acāryas held that just
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