A History of Sanskrit Literature c16.s4.8

c16.s4.8

A later Prākrit anthology is the *Vajjālaggā*¹ of Jayavallabha, a Çvetāmbara Jain, of uncertain date, who deliberately collects matter to illustrate the three ends of man, conduct, practical wisdom, and love; to the latter topic falls two-thirds of the whole. The stanzas are in Āryā metre, and the Māhārāṣṭrī shows signs of influence by Apabhraṁça. Apabhraṁça lyric stanzas are given in some numbers by Hemacandra² to illustrate the type of Prākrit which he styles Apabhraṁça. They are of much the same character as those of Hāla. A damsel begs that her love be brought to her; a fire may burn down the house, but still men must have a fire. Another rejoices that her lover has fallen bravely in the field; hers had been the shame, had he returned dishonoured. The respect for a mother is prettily inculcated by the words of Vyāsa and the great sages who equate falling at the mother's feet in humble devotion with the act of bathing in the sacred waters of the Ganges.