Vasantavilasa of Balachandra Suri (translation and study)

by R. T. Bhat | 1996 | 56,884 words

This is a study and English Translation of the Vasantavilasa—an historical epic poem written by Balachandra Suri that explores the life and achievements of Vastupala, a minister of the Chaulukya dynasty in 13th century Gujarat. The thesis is organized into three parts, covering the historical context of the Caulukya dynasty, Vastupala's accomplishm...

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1. Somesvara, Kirtikaumudi of Someshvara, III.4. Balacandra, Vasantavilasa of Balachandra III.53,54; 2. Vastupala, Naranarayananda of Vastupala, XVI.3 Somesvara, Kirtikaumudi of Someshvara III,9. 3. Somesvara, Kirtikaumudi of Someshvara III,5. 4. Ibid, III, 14. S. Balacandra, Vasantavilasa of Balachandra , III, 57. 6. Ibid, III,58. 7. Somesvara Kirtikaumudi of Someshvara, III, 22. 8. Prabandha-chintamani of Merutunga, P.98. 9.10. cf. B.J.Sandesara, Mahamatya Vastupala, p.26. 11. Vasantavilasa of Balachandra , Intro. p. 13 12. JSI, p.351. 13. Jinaharsa, Vastupala-charita of Jinaharsha, Ch.I p.26. 125

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1 14. Vasantavilasa of Balachandra Intro. p.11. 15. Mahamatya Vastupala, p.27. 16. Vastupala-charita of Jinaharsha, Ch.I,p.8. 17. Ibid, Ch.I.p.8. 18.19. Rajasekhara Suri, Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara, p.103; Vastupala-charita of Jinaharsha, Ch.1.8. 20. Sukrita-sankirtana of Arisimha, IV; Sukrita-kirti-kallolini of Udayaprabha-Suri, Verses 118-119; 21. Vastupala, Naranarayananda of Vastupala, XVI, 35 22. B.J.Sandesara, Mahamatya Vastupala, p.28. 23. Rajasekhara, Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara, p.102. 24. Somesvara, Kirtikaumudi of Someshvara IV, 16. 25. Rajasekhara, Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara, p.103. 26. Jinaharsa, Vastupala-charita of Jinaharsha, Ch.II. 27. Ibid Ch.IV. 28. Ibid Ch.IV. 29. Ibid,Ch.IV. 30. Vasantavilasa of Balachandra , Canto V.3 31. Pracina Jaina Lekha Sangraha No.40-3. cf. B.J.Sandesara, Mahamatya Vastupala p,30 32. Rajasekhara Suri, Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara p, 103 33. Ibid, p. 104 34. Ibid, p.107 35. Ibid, p. 117 .126

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36. Bombay Gazetteer, Vol.1, pt.1, p.201. Consideres Mojdin to be Mohammad Ghori 37. Rajasekhara, Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara p.119, 38. Jinaharsa, Vastupala-charita of Jinaharsha Ch.VIII. 39. Vasantavilasa of Balachandra , XIV 40. Vastupala, Naranarayananda of Vastupala, XVI. 37. 41. Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara p.130. 42. Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara, p.101. 43. Puratana Prabandha Sangraha p.56. 44. Rajasekhara, Pk, p.101. 45. B.J.Sandesara, Mahamatya Vastupala, p.36-7 127 46. Merutunga, Prabandha-chintamani of Merutunga, p. 101. 47. Fergussan, History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, Vol.II.p.36. 48. Mahamatya Vastupala, p.37. 49. Forbes, Rasamala, VOL. I,p.257 50. Rajasekhara, Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara, p.129. 51. Ibid, p.122. 52. Ibid, p.122. 53. Jinaharsa, Vastupala-charita of Jinaharsha, p.113. .54. Rajasekhara, Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara, p. 112 55. Katnamandira Gani, Upadesatarangini, p. 77.

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1 56. Kirtikaumudi of Someshvara, IV,40. 57. Puratana Prabandha Samgraha, p. 68. 58. 59. Somesvara, Ullagharaghava, II. cf. B.J.Sandesara, Mahamatya Vastupala, p.39. 60. Puratana Prabandha Samgraha p.55. 61. Naranarayananda of Vastupala, XVI, 36. 62. Mahamatya Vastupala, Photograph No. 2. 63. Puratana Prabandha Samgraha, p.55. 64. Somesvara, Kirtikaumudi of Someshvara, 1,29. 65. Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara, p.113. 66. Vastupala, Naranarayananda of Vastupala, XVI, 38. 67. Ibid, XVI.39. 68. 69. Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara, Verse No.96. Prabandha-chintamani of Merutunga, V.No. 234. Prabandha-chintamani of Merutunga p. 105. 70. Ullagharaghava Nataka of Someshvara, Act, VII, last Verse. 71. Quoted in Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara, p.116. 72. cf. B.J.Sandesara, Mahamatya Vastupala, p.41 73. Verse No.66 of Suktimuktavali of Jahlana 74. Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara,p. 114. Prabandha-chintamani of Merutunga, p.105. 75. Pracina Jaina Lekha Sangraha, No.64. 76. Naranarayananda of Vastupala XVI.33. : 128

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77. Alankaramahodadhi, p.2. 78.Quoted in Ullagharaghava Nataka of Someshvara, 1.8. 79. SU, XV,44,47. 80. Ibid, XV,49. 81. Ibid, I, 48-66. 82. Ibid, Prologue. 83. Ibid, Prologue. 84. Karnamrtaprapa. Verse, 4. 85. Ramasataka, Verse, 101. 86. B.J.Sandesara, Mahamatya Vastupala, p.48. 87. Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara, p.121. 88. Ibid, p.121. 89. Ibid,p.122. 90. Ibid, p.116. 91. Puratana Prabandha Samgraha, p. 71. 92. 93. 94. 95. Quoted in Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara, p.58. Pandita Sivadatta, Naisadacarita, Intro, pp.9-13. Krishnamacariyar, Classical Sanskrit Literature pp. 177-78, B.J.Sandesara, Mahamatya Vastupala, p.53. 96. Quoted in Prabandha-chintamani of Merutunga, p. 102. 97. Kirtikaumudi of Someshvara, I, 29. 129

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98. Ibid, 1.28. 99. Ibid, I, 26. 100. Mahamatya Vastupala, p.60. 101. Kirtikaumudi of Someshvara, I, 24. 102. SU, XV.44. 103. Subhata, Dutamgada, prologue, p.2. 104. Ibid, p.2. 105. Sukrita-sankirtana of Arisimha, X.46. 106. Ibid, VIII.48. 107. Ratnamandira Gani, Upadesha-tarangini of Ratnamandirgani, p.79 108. Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara, p.61. 109. Suktimuktavali of Jahlana, p.30. 110. Verse No. 76. 111. Ratnamandira Gani, Upadesha-tarangini of Ratnamandirgani,p.21. 112. Sukrita-sankirtana of Arisimha 1.46. 113. Hammira Mahakavya, XIV. 31. 114. Published and edited by K.P.Parab. Bombay, 1894. 115. Published and edited by Pt. Jagannatha Sastri, Benaras. 1931. 116. Edited by H.R.Kapadia, Baroda, 1932. 117. Ratnamandira Gani, Upadesha-tarangini of Ratnamandirgani p. 74. 118. Kirtikaumudi of Someshvara I. 23. 130

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131 119. Jinaharsa, Vastupala-charita of Jinaharsha, V.420. 120. Ibid. VIII.31. 121. Pradyumna Suri, Samaraditya -Samksepa, I.24. 122. Peterson, Report II, p.100. 123. Printed in Pracina Gurjara Kavya Samgraha edited by C.D.Dalal. 124. Abu Prasasti, Verse. 71. 125. Puratana Prabandha Samgraha, p.64. 126. Vastupala-charita of Jinaharsha, VII, 60-61. 127. Kirtikaumudi of Someshvara 1.22. 128. Rajasekhara, Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara p.113. 129. Ibid. p.113. 130. Ibid, p.113. 131. cf.B.J.Sandesara, Mahamatya Vastupala p.73. 132. Quoted by Peterson, Report III, p.275. 133. Alamkara-Mohodadhi, p.3. 134. cf. B.J.Sandesara, Mahamatya Vastupala, p.76. 135. Samaraditya - Samketa, 1.26. 1 136. Merutunga, Prabandha-chintamani of Merutunga, p.103. The same verse with little alterations has been given by Balacandra at the end of the canto III, of Vasantavilasa of Balachandra , in praising Jaitrasimha. 137. Printed in the Appendix, to Hammiramadamardana-nataka of Jayasimha Suri

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: 132 138. P.V. Kane. Sahitya - Darpana, Intro. p.106. S.K. De, Sanskrit Poetics, p.167. 139. Bombay Gazetteer, Vol.I, pt.1.p.203. 140. Merutunga, Prabandha-chintamani of Merutunga, p. 105. 141. cf. B.J.Sandesara, Mahamatya Vastupala, p.32. 142. Rajasekhara. Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara p.127. 143. Jinaharsa. Vastupala-charita of Jinaharsha Ch.VIII 144. Vasantavilasa of Balachandra XIV.37. 145. Vasantavilasa of Balachandra Intro of C.D. Dalal p.8. 146. cf. B.J.Sandesara, Mahamatya Vastupala p.33. 147. Rajasekhara, Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara p. 128. 148. Vasantavilasa of Balachandra XIV 149. Prabandhakosha of Rajashekhara, p.126. 150. Ibid 125. 151. cf.B.J. Sandesara. Mahamatya Vastupala, p.34. 152. Ibid, p.34. 153. All this works are published, details available in bibliography, 154. Vasantavilasa of Balachandra , Canto IX. 1-34. 155. Balabharata, totally 43 Verses of the 44 cantos contains verse praising Vyasa. 156. Udayaprabha Suri. Sukrita-kirti-kallolini of Udayaprabha-Suri Verse 139.

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133 157. Vasantavilasa of Balachandra , Canto V. 29,39. 158. Somesvara Kirtikaumudi of Someshvara IV. 75.87. 159. Epigraphic India XII, 197. 160. Hammiramadamardana-nataka of Jayasimha Suri Act. II.p.11. 161. Ibid Act.II. p. 17. 162. Vasantavilasa of Balachandra Canto, V.16. 163. S.R.Bhandarkar, Search for Sanskrit MSS II, Report, 22. 164. A.K.Mujumdar, Caulukya of Gujarat, p.154. 165. Hammiramadamardana-nataka of Jayasimha Suri, Act.1, p.6. 166. Ibid, Act.I, p.4 167. Ibid, p.5;7. 168. Ibid, Act.II, p.21. 169. Vasantavilasa of Balachandra Canto V. 41. 170. Merutunga, Prabandha-chintamani of Merutunga p. 162. 1 171. The Muslim merchant is only mentioned by Merutunga. For Samkha's defeat See Kirtikaumudi of Someshvara, IV, 73-88. Vasantavilasa of Balachandra Canto V, 47-111. 172. Hammiramadamardana-nataka of Jayasimha Suri, Act, II, p.24. 173. cf. A.K.Mujumdar, Caulukyas of Gujarat, p.155.

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