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130 ANDHRA KARNATA, JĄINISM. comparison of the Sanskrit Mahābhārataand Rāmāyana proved beyond doant the existence of Epic methods and diction well established during the formative period of classical Sanskrit to which fact can be traced the striking similarities between the epic methods and diction of the two Sanskrit epics. By a similar comparison of Pampa's works with Nannaya's Mahåbhāratam it is I think possible to establish, beyond a doubt, the existence, in the Andhra mandala, for a century or two before Nannaya, of Epic methods and diction approved alike by patrons and poets.
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Other Jaina Works. Jaina treat.
Dharma Pariksha is an attempt to reconment of popu lar Vaidic or sider the sacred themes of Vaidika literature Puranic
from the point of view of Jainism. The author calls himself vritta vilasa (one who takes delight in verses). The work is divided into asvasas. It describes a city called Vaija yantipura (the capital of the Kadambas). As. i, 50 describes the city as follows :
బెళదమాన స్తంభసందోహదిం || బించాడంబరరత్న కూటజిన చై త్యావాసదిం | చెళ్వునం గెం బాపు హంగళిందె మె రెగుం | శ్రీజై నవైజయంతీ పురం ||
See Prof. Hopkins, Great Epic of India.
