170 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 1910. 



'HT^rcftsfarte'T ftra*rrfti"3TorenTi& n ^t« 11 



*V^?sfrl*toTc[ ft W*Tftft*f3 T'prre'W II ] 



" Being pressed by my friends, I compose, according to my 

 abilities, this short poem, though really it is the pursuit of the 

 ablest of poets." 



Excepting a few facts nothing is known about the author. 

 That the author is a Buddhist is evident from the fact that he 

 invokes Buddha at the very commencement of the work and 

 also from the following two verses : 



I 



TOftfa s*wn: jgev cfmcf- w*tfm 11 ] 



" When the body formed out of the five (elements) is 

 dead (resolved into the five elements), why do foolish persons cry 

 with inflamed hearts for their relative." 



^^WW *fa ^W ft WUft Wf* ft? 5T ^ «l^ I 



*f£rs; ^ffr ft %*u ft *r«f nr ftraft ft *ftre cr;s ii ^ u 

 *«F?t ^ftsfcr %*nf«r *rl *r f^r^ft sfcr t^f^i vmtfa n ] 



' In this world of diflFerent tastes, one has taste in 



one 



thing 



A certain person is pleased by a 



11 J V _ 11. A. „1 _11 » J 



certain other. Even Jina will not be able to please all. 



In the first verse the author refers to one of the most impor- 

 tant doctrines of Buddhism, viz., that the body comes into exis- 

 tence by the union of the five elements and not, as Hindus 

 believe, by the creation by a Supreme power. In the second he 

 attributes the superiority of power to Jina (Buddha) rather than 

 to Sarvesvara or Brahman. We naturally expect a Brahmana 



(like Bhartrihari) to say 'W^lfa *IK «T <^fV or some such 



thing. 



inform at 



iected from this work is scanty and unsatisfactory. In the 

 tra verses at the end of the work, the following one occurs : 



