Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin 1

Author(s): Nathmal Tatia
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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ÞRAKRIT ILLUSTRATIONS IN WORKS ON POETICS 183
रइकेलिहिअरिणवसण करकिसलयरूद्धप्रणजुभलस्स ।
रूद्दस्स तइम एप्रणं पव्वईपरिचुम्वियं जनाइ॥ It favourably compared seems to be a calculated improvement upon Kalidasa's
शूलिन: करतलद्वय न सा संनिरूद्धय नयने हृतांशुका ।
तस्य पश्यति ललाटलोचने मोघयत्नविधुरा रहस्यभूत् ।। In some verse women are shown stooping to conquer. An impatient woman throws a clever hint to a traveller that he could not get a bed in that village, nevertheless, he could spend the night there apprehending the vising clouds or her ponderous breasts:
पंथियण एत्थ सत्थरमत्थि मणं पत्थरत्थले गामे ।
उण्णन पोहरं पेक्खिकरण जइ वससि ता वससु ।।" The general atmosphere suggested by these quotations is one of love but at times other sentiments also are seen jostling for room. A verse describes a hero in a fix between the tears of the beloved the war-trumpets:
एकन्तो रुपइ पिया अण्णन्तो समरतूरणिग्धोसो।
णेहेण रणरसेण अ भडस्स दोलाइअं हिअ ॥' While in another a hero prefers the heads of the elephants painted with vermillion to the breasts of his beloved painted with saffion:
वीराण रमइ घुसिणारूणम्मि ण तहा पिप्राथणुच्छंगे।
दिट्ठी रिउ-गन कुंभत्थलम्मि जह वहलसिन्दूरे ॥ Some verses are extremely ingenious in their far-reaching suggestions. One such is the oft-quoted :
मम घम्मिन वीसद्धो सो सुणो अज्ज मारियो देण ।
गोलाण इ कच्छ कुडंग वासिणा दरिअ सीहेण ॥ In one verse it has been said that the latest wife of a hunter decked with a peacock's feather feels proud among the co-wives, though the latter are decorated with pearls :
सिहिपिच्छ कण्णकरा जाना वाहस्स गठिवरी भमइ ।
मुत्ताहल रइन पसाहणाणं मज्झे सक्त्तीणं ॥" The fact is that earlier the hunter devoted more time in outdoor sports and killed elephants and hence his former wives are decorated with pearls from the elephants' heads. Now he is engrossed with sporting
4. Dhv. 3-24;
5. Dhv, 2-279
. 1. KP. 97; 2. KS. VIII-73; 3, KP. 58;
8. Dhy.1-4, KP. 1383; 7. Dhv. 2-24.