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last being an Ardhasama metre. Besides Upajāti, which is a mixure of Indravajră and Upendravajrā, our author uses Vaṁśamālā' which is a similar mixture of Indravarśa and Vaṁśastha. The following are used for the composition of a canto: Anuştubha once, Upajāti 4 times, Drutavilambita once, Rathoddhatā twice, Vamśamälä once, Vamsastha once, Śārdūlavīkridita once, and Syāgatā once. But, for a continued narration extending over from 11 to 26 stanzas, he has also used Puspitägrā, Pythvi and Pramitākṣarā. 3. Dhanañjaya (10th century)
He was a Jain monk of the Digambara sect, generally identified with one Srutakirti who is mentioned as the author of a Rāghavapandavīya Kävya by Abhinava Pampa in the 1st half of the 12th century. This Srutakirti Dhanañjaya is supposed to have lived sometime between 1123 and 1140 A.D.
The Dvisandhāna or the Rāghavapāndavīya is a very artificial poem being doubly applicable to the stories of the two epics. It contains 18 cantos and a total of 1106 stanzas. At I, 49 Yati and Chandobhangas are strongly denounced. Another work of the author is Nāmamālā in which he mentions himself along with Akalanka and Pujyapāda. The poem is published in the Kāvyamālā, No. 49, Bombay, 1895.
Dhananjaya employs 31 different metres, of which 15 occur less than 10 times each and 10 less than 5 times each. When compared with Kavirāja, Dhanañjaya is a more sustained versifier and can have a successful double application in the same metre when continuously employed for the composition of a canto. Yet, Kavirāja excels Dhanañjaya in sheer artificiality and Śleșa. Dhanañjaya uses Anuşsubh thrice, Udgatā once, Upajāti thrice, Puspitāgrā, Pramitākṣarā, Praharşini, Mattamayūra, Rucirā and Viyogini once each and Vasastha twice, continuously for the composition of a canto. He uses Viyogini for the pathetic description of Vanavāsa-gamana in canto 4. 4. Haricandra (10th century, 1st half)
He is a Digambara Jain writer who has imitated Vākpati's Gauậavaho. He is sometimes identified with the author of the Jivandharacampū. He is also supposed to have been referred to by Räjaśehkara in his Karpüramañjarī, along with other poets like Nandicandra, Kottiśa and Hāla. Vägbhata, the author of the Neminiryänak āyya, seems to have imitated Haricandra's Dharmaśarmābhyudayakāvya.
Dharmaśarmābhyudaya is a poem in 22 cantos on the life of the Tīrth ankara Dharmanātha. It contains a total of 1765 stanzas. It is published in the Kävyamālä, No. 8, Bombay, 1888.
The author employs 25 different metres for this poem, of which 7 are used only once each and for less than 5 times each. He employs
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