A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.187

v2.c19.s5.187

The Jinālaṅkāra by Buddharakkhita,⁴ a poem of 250 stanzas, in which the Buddha legend is treated in the most bombastic Kāvya style, and which was written in the year 1156 A.D., is a regular specimen of ornate poetry. We find verses which can be read backwards as well as forwards, a stanza in which no consonant except “n” occurs, and other similar tricks. Mahāyānist doctrines are frequently found in the poem and it is full of Purāṇa-like exaggerations.