Śrīvīrastuti

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ID: 99379
Full name: Śrīvīrastuti
Author: Dhanapāla
Year: 1000 c.
Language: Prakrit
Discipline: Kāvya
Genre: Stotra
Length: 30 verses
Alternative names: Śrīvīrastutiḥ

Dhanapāla’s Śrīvīrastuti is a hymn to the tīrthaṅkara Mahāvīra in 30 Prakrit verses. Each verse uses the device of virodha- (or virodhābhāsa-), an “apparent contradiction” that must be resolved by reading the words of the verse in a different sense.

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Last update: 08.12.2018 - 20:51
Suggested citation: Ollett A. "Śrīvīrastuti." Pandit. <panditproject.org/entity/99379/work>. Updated on December 08, 2018 08:51 pm IST.
Contributors: Andrew Ollett