Indological Studies

SR No.: 022756
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: H C Bhayani
Publisher: Parshva Prakashan
Publication Year: 1993
Total Pages: 376
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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The Sadayavatsa-kathā
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the game by S. who then cremated the corpse. S. produced four proofs of their carrying out the assigned task successfully to claim the stipulated reward. Incidentally the witch was identified as the queen of that city. S. 's three friends were married to the three girls saved or offered as reward. The four friends returned to Pratisthāna.
Thereafter S. left Pratișthāna, reached the deserted city, which he rehabilitated and governed Sāvalimgā and Lilāvati were called there from Pratisthāna and Dhārā. In course of time each of them gave birth to a son, both of whom grew up as accomplished young men. On receiving news that Ujjayini was surrounded by enemy forces, S. commissioned his sons for its defence. They put the hostile forces to rout. The poem ends with the happy reunion of Prabhuvatsa and Sadayavatsa.
9. From this summary, it will be seen that the episode and characters alluded to in the Srågāraprakāśa reference cited above, actually occur in this story (see Appendix; especially vv. 460-475; 484-500).
In the Sțngāraprakāśa reference the name of the Pīghamarda is given as Dantaka. It is a wrong reading resulting from some scribe misreading tumtaka as damtaka. Tumta is noted by Hemacandra at Dešināmamālā IV. 3 in the sense of 'having the hands cut off' (chinha-hasta) (For New Indo-Aryan derivatives see R. L. Turner A Comparative Dictionary of Indo-Aryan Languages, entry no. 5698). In Bhima's text he is called Thuộthā, because Gujarati has the base form thūmthā corresponding to the Pk. form tusța (For thuttha-, thuntha etc. see Turner's dictionary, entry no. 5506). The Simhala prince is nicknamed Tunțaka because the gamblers had cut off his hands for not paying them the gambling dues (Sadayavatsaviraprabandha, vv. 436, 442).
10. The name of the hero appears in various forms in SVP : Sadayavatsa, Sudayavatsa, Sadayavaccha, Sudayavaccha, Sadaya. Sudava, Sūdau (Sūdā) and Suddha. Südau (Sūdā) occurs quite