________________ SRNGARARNAVACANDRIKA (ALAMKARASAMGRAHA) OF VIJAYAVARNI INTRODUCTION 1. CRITICAL APPARATUS Srngararnavacandrika (SC) of Vijayavarni is being published for the first time from the only available MS. Dr. A. N. Upadhye to whose efforts I owe this MS. could not get any other MS. of Vijayavarni's work perhaps it does not exist. This MS. on which the text is based, is in the Jaina Siddhanta Bhavana, Arrah, (Bihar). In Prasastisamgraha* Pt. K. Bhujabali Sastri describes it : Manuscript No. 231 Srngaranavacandrika Kha Author : Vijayavarni Subject : Alamkara (Poetics) Language : Sanskrit Length : 8.5" (21.6 cm); Breadth 7" (17.8 cm) Condition : Good; Manuscript : Paper manuscript; No. of lines per folio about 11, No. of letters per line : 20 to 22. The MS. opens thus : श्रृङ्गारार्णवचन्द्रिक अलंकार श्री अनन्तनाथाय नमः / / निविघ्नमस्तु / / जयति संसिद्धकाव्यालापपद्माकरेयं and ends with ...श्रवणबेलुगुलक्षेत्रनिवासि. बि. विजयचन्द्रेण जैनक्षत्रियेण इदं ग्रंथं समाप्त लेखीति. मंगलमहा ।।श्री।। Generally speaking, the condition of the MS is good but, occasionally, we are faced with lacunae in it. Wherever possible I have filled up these gaps. I have corrected scribal errors; and the readings, about which I felt doubtful, I have Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
