Works On Anupreksha In Kannada Literature

Author(s): Shubha Chandra
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Works on anuprekşā in Kannada Literature
Vijayanna and his work
Vijayanna (A. D. 1448) gives some information about himself in his work. He was not only a poet but also, like many other Jaina poets, was an ascetic. He wrote his work 'Dvādaśānu prekşe' at the request of Devabhūpa of Honnabandi, for the benefit of people. He composed his work in Šāntinátha temple at Ammenabhāvi, seven miles from Dharwar in Karnāṭaka. He was a pupil of Pārsvakirti muni.
There are in total 1362 verses in Sangat ga metre and they are divided into 12 chapters. Depending on the context, to justify the particular anu preksī the poet refers to one or more than one story in one or two verses or in 3-4 lines in prose. The table given below shows the relevancy of the illustrated stories :
Anu preksā 1. Adhruvănuprekşã 2. Anyatvānuprekņā 3. Aśucitvānupreksā 4. Āsravānuprekşã
Story refered (i) Cova, (ii) Nāgaśrī (i) Baladeva and Vasudeva (i) Rāvana (i) Subhauma, (ii) Amitārisakti,
(iii) Amstamati (i) Rāvana (ii) Pāņdavas (iii) Baka (iv) Cārudatta (v) Brahmadatta (vi) Śrimati and Vajrajangha (vii) Srişeņa (viii) Dandaka (ix) Vțşabhașena (x) Kauņdeśa (xi) Manduka (xii) Prabhāvati
5. Dharmānuprekşã
Minor Works
1. Dvādaśanu prekşe of Balacandra muni
There is an anuprekșa work by Bālacandramuni. Kannada inscriptions praise his name as Adhyātmi Bālacandra (1176 A. D.). He is one of the significant commentators in Kannada. He has written commentaries on Pañcustikayasira, Pravacanasāra, Samayasära, Mokșa prābhrita and T atvärthashtra. In his Dudas anu prekse, there are 14 verses (vpttas) and each verse ends with the word 'Jineś warā'. The poet himself has named these verses as jinaguna-st avanañgal'. This work is also called Jina-stuti.
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