APPENDIX ALAṂKĀRA-DAPPAṆA

sumdara-paa-viņṇāsaṁ vimalalamṁkāra-rehia-sariraṁ / sui-deviam ca kavvaṁ ca panavia pavara-vanṇaddhaṁ // 1 Homage firstly to the Godess of Learning who takes steps beautifully, whose body is adorned with bright ornaments and who is refulgent with abundant lustre and (secondly) to Poetry that has beautifully structured diction, that has a form illuminated with pure figures of speech

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भयाणी अज्ञातकर्तृक प्राकृत अलंकार-ग्रन्थ 'अलंकारदप्पण' के पहले से चालीसवें पद्य तक का सम्पादन तथा अंग्रेज़ी अनुवाद प्रस्तुत करते हैं। सरस्वती और काव्य की वन्दना के पश्चात् उपमा, रूपक, दीपक, रोध आदि अलंकारों की गणना और उदाहरण हैं; अन्त में 'क्रमशः' लिखा है। Bhayani edits and translates verses 1 to 40 of the Alankara-dappana, an anonymous Prakrit manual of figures of speech. After homage to Sarasvati and to poetry it names upama, rupaka, dipaka, rodha and the rest, illustrating each with a verse. Marked to be continued.

Written by the archive’s cataloguers, not by the author.