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This poem is an Og. Phāgu. 16 A Phāgu is a poem light and amorous in tone describing the beauties of spring and amours of youthful lovers. Hemacandra in his Des'ināmamālā explains it as : qm FE FEBÜT ( Varga VI St. 82) Phaggu means the festival of spring.' Thus Phāgu is an Og. poem describing the festival of spring. Fell in Sk, also means 'light'; and the poem is light inasmuch as it describes the light joys of youthful couples in spring. The Phāgu poems at times are so lascivious in tone that they discard the bonds of common civility. That is why in Mg. when a thing is openly incivil in tone' it is said 'FETS ' i. e. 'as open as a matter described in a $177.' Such Phāgus have been taken notice of e. ġ. turfyty which is so licentious in tone that it could not be included in प्राचीनफागुसंग्रह.17 Some of the parts in मोहिनीफागु. विरहदेसाउरीफागु are objectionable in tone.13 The Phāgu form, being much prevalent especially in Holi festival amongst people and being very popular, was adopted by Jaina poets who gave it a religious turn, for the same purpose. 10 The poem was sung in accompaniment with light music and dance. That is why it is described as 'T9 THÊ' Ty THE ' TI' etc. 20 This poem asalaath is of the same genre and in fact is so described in the opening stanza of zgata 77 and the a Ms. of qe garanti and the colophon of the a Ms. of बृहद्वाचना . Let us try to understand the metrical form of Phāgu. It is described as ang TTT 121 and 22 an abbreviation for get in the beginning of 16. H. R. Kāpadiā : 3779071 yuan (Sri Jaina Satya-Prakās'a : Vol. XI.
Issue No. 6. 15-3-46 P. 169–184. Also Pt. L. B. Gandhi : ' 31407 Hout H ai H Op. Cit. Issue No. 7. 15-4–46. P. 211 ff; also, Sandesarā : Seit E. Intro. P. 51.
17. Prācīna-Gujara-Granthamālā; No. 3 :-( Baroda University Publication,
Baroda. ) stanute : P. 23. Introduction. 18. Op. Cit: : P. 23 Introduction; P. 46, Intro. Text P. 233-240. miestety . Text : P. 101-107. 19. Op: Cit : Intro. P. 55–56. . 20. gaaral and St. of a Ms. $777 q6yetifele etc; and colophon 7. Ms. - श्नी वसंतविलासः फागु समाप्त । 21. 'P, T. Reading note 3. 8. Ms. has pas tro and the Og. verse begins
thereafter. 22. P. T. reading-note on St, 7 (EEG1971),
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