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TMS as verse No. VII. 37. Lakşmidhara sometimes summarises such verses of the original, while, as regards the hymns to the praise of Jina, he quotes them from the original without incorporating them in the body of the text of the TMKS. But with regard to the above-mentioned verse in the Sikhariņi metre he also has made an exception and incorporated it in the body of his TMKS as the verse No. 829!
The above comparision clearly shows that Lakşmidhara kept a close eye on the TMS while composing his own TMKS, which, of course, differs from the former in many other points, a few of which may be noted below: PALLIPĀLA DHANAPĀLA:
LAKSMĪDHARA: , (i) He salutes Rşabhadeva in (i) He salutes Mahāvīra in the the beginning of his work.
beginning of his work. (ii) He praises Kavi Dhanapala
(ii) and his TM. (iii) He has contributed a few (iii) He also has contributed a few similes and 'utpreksäs' etc.
similes and 'utprekşās' but and filled a couple of lacunae
has not fully grasped the found in the original.
significant points of the
story. (iv) He describes in detail how
(iv) He summarises it in one king Meghavāhana declined
verse (82) which does not the offer of the Vetāla to cut
bring out the characteristic his head with the latter's
heroism of the king. scissors and preferred to use his own royal sword.
(I. 85-88). (v) He describes the goddess Sri (v) He disposes her off in three in three verses (I. 90-92),
quarters of a verse (85). (vi) He does not elaborate the (vi) He elaborates it in two humourous, though lauda
- verses (92-93). tory, dialogue between the goddess Sri and the king. He faithfully preserves in the (vii) He simply omits it. summarised form the graceful talk between King Meghavā
hana and his queen Madirāvati. (viii) He carefully preserves in the (viii) He totally omits the religious summary the important reli
part 2 but adopts the narragious discourse by Maharşi* 1
tive part of the discourse in full, as it is the very heart
of Maharşi. of the original prose-romance. 41. cf. TMS. VIII. 103-104. 42. cf, TMKS. 1061 ff,
(vii)
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