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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
www.kobatirth.orgAcharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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to state categorically that Vijayavarṇi has drawn upon Amộtānandayogin's work.
In Chapter IV the author deals with characters : the hero, the heroine and their types, the enemies of the hero and tho Dūtīs. A comparative study of this chapter and the second Prakāśa of Dasarūpaka reveals that Vijayavarni is heavily indebted to Dhananjaya in his treatment of the characters 39. He differs with Dhananjaya on three points :
1. Dhanamjaya speaks of three friends (Sahāyas) of the hero40: 1. Pīthamarda (patā kā nāyaka), 2. Vița, and 3. Vidūşaka : Vijayavarņi adds the fourth Nāgarika41 to the list.
2. Dhananjaya mentions three types of heroines42: 1. Sviya ( = Svastri or Svakiyā ), 2. Anyā ( = Anyastri or Parakīyā) and 3. Sādhāraṇastrī (Sádhāraņā).
Vijayavarņi makes them four 4 3 by adding one more type, viz. Anūdhā. He, however, siys that according to one view, Anūdhā is parakīyā only and hence there are three types of heroines only.
39. Vide Appendix-C. 40. Dagarūpaka II, vv 8-9 (ab). 41. SC IV. vv 29-32. 42. Dasarūpaka II, v15 (ab) and vv20 (cd)-22 (ab). 43. ŚC IV, Vy 43-59.
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