Srngaramanjari Katha

Author(s): Bhojdev, Kalpalata K Munshi
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

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ŚRNGARAMANJARIKATHA
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context deals with clever and deceitful actions and therefore Upanişad cannot be taken as referring to the Vedānta books.
The next name is of Uddhava. In the Siśupālavadha where Krşņa takes advice from his sage-like uncle Uddhava on a matter of political importance, the poet calls him Pavanavyādhi.44 In the Arthaśāstra we read of the opinions of Vātavyādhi who is identified with Pavanavyādhi, who is none other than Uddhava. Nayacandrikā, a commentary on Arthaśāstra, confirms the identification of Vātavyādhi with Uddhava.45
These are all great intellectuals and therefore Dharmakirti, the Buddhist logician, is bracketed along with them. Schools of Philosophy
There are stray philosophical reflections in the SMK like inafafta HTCTTTT 1 (p. 16) and fra starfar:TifaTaT: (p. 18). But it refers to most of the schools of philosophic thought by the names of their founders together with their principal postulates. The difference between the two trends of Mimāmsā thought is referred to as the 'Prabhākaraprajñā' (the wisdom of Prabhākara) and the 'Kumārilamati' (the view or creed of Kumārila); the school of Vaišeşikas is called the 'Kaņādamati' (the School of Kanāda); the Nyāya system as 'Akşapādavidyā' (the knowledge of Akşapāda) and the teachings of Buddha as sākyaśāsana' (the teachings of Buddha).46 Besides these the systems of the Pañcarātra47 and the Lokāyatas48 are referred to. At one place a character is described as being dressed like a mendicant of the Pasupata sect who refers to himself as 'Hinasatva' (p. 71), from which we may infer the existence of the followers of the Pāśupata sect. Masters of Literature
In the beginning of the SMK we have references to some of the literati of Sanskrit. The names of the masters of prose are strung together in the following sentence which is paranomastic in character:
atsufes ITTUI ara: BÍTHAT TITIGI: TETETTEfoT: 1 (p. 1). The references to Subandhu and Bāņa are obvious, for their works are outstanding in Sanskrit prose literature. The reference to 44. II, 15. 45. arautfefifa gar: Arthaśāstra of Kautilya, Vol. II, p. 91 (edited by Jolly and Schmidt, 1924).
सांख्यस्थितिरिवापरमार्थोपपदा नि (त्य) पुरुषभोगा, शाक्यशासनोक्तविश्वस्थितिरिव क्षणिका, कणादमतिरिव द्रव्यतत्त्वैकप्रधाना, अक्षपादविद्येव सदैव बहमतेश्वरा
Tha FifaTaTTTTSAFT99T, FATafafTateTEFTATI (p. 17) 47. carafeafafea Atuaqqifcataifeafa: (p. 15) 48. Terrafeefafa TATTOTETI (p. 15)
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