Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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of all numbers, of grains and seeds is in the treasure Pāṇḍuka. The whole business of ornaments of men, women, elephants, and horses is from the treasure Pingala. The Cakrin's fourteen jewels, the seven of one sense and the seven of five senses, originate from the treasure named Sarvaratna. The source of clothes of all patterns, both white and colored, is the great treasure Mahapadma. The knowledge of the future, past, and present for three years, labor such as agriculture, etc., and the arts also are from Kāla. The origin of coral, slabs of silver and gold, pearls, and iron, of mines of iron, etc., is in Mahākāla. Abundance of soldiers, weapons, and armor, also the whole science of fighting and administration of justice are from Māṇava. The origin of fourfold poetry,"18 of concerts, and dramatic art, and of all musical instruments is from the treasure Sankha.
They said, "We, living in Magadha (tirtha) at the mouth of the Ganga, have come to you, O Fortunate One, made submissive by your good fortune. Enjoy, and give unceasingly as you like. Even though the water in the ocean should be exhausted, we would not be exhausted." After the treasures had submitted, the King broke his fast and, free from hostility, held an eight-day festival for them. At the King's command, Suşeņa conquered all the south district of the Ganga as easily as a small town, and returned. There the King remained for a long time like a second Vaitāḍhya by whom the east and west oceans had been reached with ease.
818 582. The four kinds are: 1) that which concerns itself with the 4 objects of existence (purusartha); duty, wealth, love, and emancipation; 2) that which is composed in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhranśa, or mixed language; 3) that which is composed in a meter with a fixed number of syllables, like anuṣṭubh, (samavṛtta); composed in an irregular meter (viṣamavṛtta); composed in a meter in which first and third, and second and fourth padas are equal (ardhasamayrita); and prose; 4) prose, poetry, singing, and blank verse (?) (varṇapada). Sth. 673, p. 450a.