Panca-Paramesthi-Stuti (In Apabhramsa) [From Vilasavai-Kaha of Saharana]

Siddbasenasuri alias Saharaṇa' Kavi (11th cent. A.D.) is famous for bis Vilasava-Kaba, an Apabhramia Mahakavya. The piece selected occurs. in 11th Sandhi of the VK, as a prayer of five Parameşhis offered by Sanatkumara, the hero of the Mahakavya. In the Prasasti of the VK, the author says that 'he is wellknown for his stotras

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शाह साहारण के अपभ्रंश महाकाव्य 'विलासवईकहा' की ग्यारहवीं संधि से 'पंच परमेट्ठि थुई' प्रकाशित करते हैं, जिसे काव्य का नायक सनत्कुमार बोलता है। सत्ताईस पद्यों में क्रमशः जिन, सिद्ध, आचार्य, उपाध्याय और साधु की स्तुति है; अन्तिम पद्य में कवि की नाममुद्रा सिद्धसूरि तथा साहारण है। Shah publishes the Panca-paramesthi-stuti from the eleventh sandhi of Saharana's Apabhramsa mahakavya Vilasavai-kaha, where Sanatkumara utters it. Its twenty-seven stanzas praise in turn the Jinas, siddhas, acaryas, upadhyayas and sadhus, and the last carries the poet's name-seal, Siddhasuri and Saharana. The poet uses four different metres.

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