Jasahar Chariu

SR No.: 001841
Original Sutra Author: Pushpadant
Author: Parshuram Lakshman Vaidya, Hiralal Jain
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year: 1972
Total Pages: 320
Language: Apbhramsa
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Story
File Size: 22 MB

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JASAHARACARIU
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The relationship of all the material described above will be clear from following diagram: -
Archetype ( 975 A. D.)
*X (Sena Gaņa )
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Y
(Balatkāra Gana, 1308 A. D.)
1 ( 1333 A D.)
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*S
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P
A ( 1558 A, D.) ( 1564 A. D.)
(H)
Original of the Hindi translation,
5 ( 1734 A. D.) It will be clearly seen from above that there are two recensions of the text of Jasaharacariu, of which the older one belongs exclusively to the Sena Gana and is represented in my material by S and T. This group of MSS., in my opinion, presents almost the original text as composed by the author himself. The original of my T, i. e., t of the diagram, is irrecoverable, being already worn out in 1333 A. D., and so it may have been two or three centuries older, which is approximately the age of Puşpadanta. Copies of this recension, however, were being made from time to time in the Sena Gana tradition, and I saw s, a copy of which, S, I have fully collated. This Sena Gana recension omits the following passages from the printed text :
(a) Verses in Sanskrit in praise of the poet's patron, Nanna, at the beginning of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th pariccheda; and,
(b) (i) A Passage from I. 5. 3 to I. 8. 17. (Bhairava's visit),
(ii) A Passage from I. 24. 9 to I. 27. 23. (Jasahara's marriage; and (iii) A Passage from IV. 22, 17. b to IV. 30. 15. (The various subsequent
births of several persons in the story).
* The asteric indicates conjectural MSS.
1. When my work on the text and on the introduction was completed I had the good luck of securing another MS, from Kolhapur through my pupil and friend Prof. A. N. Upadhye of the Rajaram College. This MS, belongs to Mr. Tatyasaheb Patil of Nandni near Kolhapur. It is of the Balatkara Gaņa group and presents the text as in P and (H). I am glad to see that my classification of MSS. as given above and my remarks on the additions to the original text by Gandharva are fully borne ou: and confirmed by the discovery of this additional MS, which consists of 100 leaves of which the second and third are missing. The MS. was completed in Todā (Todāgad ?) on the 11th day of the bright half of Āsvina of the Samvat year 1699 and Saka year 1564,i.c 1642 AD.