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Tarayana
खंड विणा वि अखंड-मंडलो चेव पुण्णिमायंदो । हर-सिर-गयं पि सोहइ न नेय विमलं ससिक्खंड ॥ जे के बि पहू महि-मंडलम्मि ते उच्छु-दंड-सारिच्छा। सरसा जडाण मज्झे विरसा पत्तेसु दीसंति ।।
(Prabhāvaka carita, pp. 87-88)
It is to be noted that the first two Gāthas of this group are found in the Vajjalagga (nos. 188 and 263)
The samasya-pürti verses at BC. 151-152, 156-157, 193–196, 230 and the verses BC. 527-530 (of which v. 530 is identical with Vajjälagga, 665) also can be accepted as Bappabhatti's.
The Tārāyana
(a) Literary References
Dhanapāla and Prabhācandra refer to Tārayaņa as the most important poetic work of Bappabhatti. Vadijanghāla, defining Kosa as made up of verses on diverse topics, mentions Gāthâkoșa, Kțşņasāra and Tūrágana as its instances. These authors have probably depended upon secondary sources, and none of them had actually seen the work and known it actually as a compilation from Bappabhatti's stray verses.
(b) The Compier of the Tārāyaṇa Tg. vv. 5, 6 and 7 inform us about the title, nature and authorship of Tg. and about the original author of the Muktakas or Subhāṣitas given in the work. Sankuka, the compiler, was
4. V. Raghavan, Bhoja's Sțngaraprakāśa (1963), p. 629; A. N.
Upadhye, ‘Bappa Bhatti and His Tārāgaņa’, Sambodhi, III. iv. Jan., 1975, pp.67-72. Upadhye has rightly suggested to correct kathā so as to read gūthū in the citation from Vādi. janghāla.
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