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agfach: anfactor:
Hemacandra,
mentioned in the definition nor noticed in the illustration. Chandonusāsana 5.35 does not mention even this rhyme, though perhaps his illustration contains it. As the commentator explains, this Kirtidhavala is one of the three Dhavalas which have 8, 6 or 4 Pādas each. The Dhavala of 8 Pādas will be defined by our author under Aṣṭapadi according to his scheme. But the Dhavala of 4 Pādas is neglected both by our author and his commentator; the latter only mentions one of these last, i.e., Gunadhavala and says that this and other Dhavalas of 4 Pādas should be known from other bigger works. Hemacandra defines and illustrates all the three Dhavalas together with their varieties, (2 of Aṣṭapadi, one of Satpadi and 3 of Catuspadi), at Chandonusasana 5.32-38. An interesting stanza is quoted by our commentator, probably reproduced from Hemacandra, according to which (No. 81 on p. 37) the name Dhavala owes its existence to the fact that in these metres the praise of some great man is sung under the image of a bull (a Dhavala). The employment of this image is, however, immaterial in actual practice. Hemacandra uses it only in one out of the six illustrations which he gives for the six kinds of the Dhavala. According to another stanza quoted by both Hemacandra and our commentator, the name Dhavala is only a common term affixed to the name of any metre like Utsäha, Helā, Vadana and Aḍilā, when it is used for praising a great man under the image of a bull. Thus we have an Utsäha-Dhavala, a Hela-Dhavala etc. When, on the other hand, any of these metres are employed for celebrating any auspicious event the term Mangala is similarly affixed to their names and we get an UtsähaMangala, a Hela-Mangala etc. Both these stanzas (vv. 82, 93 on are in p. 37) Sanskrit and this may indicate the practice of using the even Sanskrit language for the purposes mentioned above. Our commentator also quotes two more stanzas (vv. 84, 85 on p. 37-38) from the Chandahkandali, which are in Prakrit, containing the same information, but with the addition of two more metrical forms. They are Phullaṭaka and Jhambaṭaka; the former is not a separate metre, but a separate term used of metres that are used in praising deities. Thus any metre like Utsäha is to be called Phullaṭaka (or perhaps Utsäha-Phullataka like Utsäha-Dhavala) when used in praising deities. A Jhambaṭaka, however, is a separate Catuspadi metre, whose Pada contains 3 Caturmatras and 1 Dvimātra in it. There is no restriction about the nature of these Mātrā Gaņas. Hemacandra, Chandonuśāsana 5.41-42 gives both these metres or metrical forms without referring to any authority. Perhaps he knew the Chandahkandali or a similar work in Prakrit. But he makes a significant remark: vakṣyamana-gandhodakadhārā eva ganavaśāt jham
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