Two Prakrit Versions of Manipati Charitra

Author(s): R Williams
Publisher: Royal Asiatic Society

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MAŅIPATI-CARITA OF HARIBHADRA MPC 737. tap-pariyāro kūvai mahanta-parena jhatti mae
so ya samarena gahiyo tassa sa-pīdassa hatthāo MPCJ tan mayåkarnya karnântam bānam ākysya satvaram
viddho vidyādharaḥ pāņau ... MPCH 300. evam suņiūņa mae sahasā āyanna-pūriyam bāņam
mottūņa so durappā gayaņa-ttho mārio khayaro
where the phrase āyanna-pūriyam bānam clearly derives from karņântam bānam ākysya. Similarly in the same story kāmuyasahiyāņa vesāņam (MPCH 297) is an echo of MPCJ apsaraso ... krīditvā kāmukaiḥ saha
Let us take another example from the end of the parable of Metārya (King Śreņika reflects as he sees the murderous goldsmith now dressed as a sādhu) : MPC 933. bahu-avarāhe vi kae damsana-ghão na jujjae kāum
aha jampai jai bhajjeha vayam tā mayāvaissāmi MPCJ su-grhītam idam bhadra tvayā lingam tapasvinām
kāry. m jijīvişuś ced bho nânyathā te 'sti jīvitam MPCH 435. so pabhaņai su-gihiyam kāyavvam sāhu-lingam ima
vattham
jai muñcasi sa-kudambo to vaha-bandhā na te mokkho Here the dependence of su-gihiyam sāhu-lingam on su-grhītam ... lingam tapasvinām is evident.
An even more notable instance occurs in the tale of the noble steer. For the MPC there exists simply 975.
Campāe nayarīe satta-vasabho tti bhadda-pagai avarajjhai na ya kassa vi kan'-āi-cāre jano dei
But the MPCJ introduces a new element in which the specific Saiva note suggests a later epoch :
· Kaścin maheśvaro 'muñcat șanda-rūpatayā vrşam gavām madhye ...
and continues :
so akasmād anyadā daivāt tyakta-darpaḥ su-ceșțitaḥ saurabheyi-ganam tyaktvā nagary-antaḥ samāgamat dandenåpi hato naiva kasmaicit kupyati kvacit visiştha-samjñā jānan phalam pāpasya karmanah