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________________ DISCOVERY THROUGH RESTORATION 305 quite a few words in the original.] Translation : With the help of the lamp of tremulous lightning the clouds see during the nights if any of the ladies separated from their beloveds still continue to live even after hearing the loud thundering noise. 7) In Srngarraprakasa (Vol. III p. 800), Bhoja cites a Prakrit gatha as an example of gita-nimittah naimittikanuragah. Its text is somewhat corrupt : केणा चि अज्ज गोसे कप्पिवणे वल्लहं म्हरंतेण / अंहमअणसराहअहिअअवणप्फोडणं गीअं / / I reconstructed the text as follows : केणावि अज्ज गोसे कप्पिवणे (? अंबवणे) वल्लहं भरतेण / 6-73701-HTE37-f83737-qu-isuj 1731 11 [केनापि अद्य प्रभाते आम्रवने वल्लभं स्मरता / G:HE-467-PRIET-664-90- te a ll] After the text was printed I realised that the second half of the gatha is metrically defective. I should have read either 'F83737-qu' or 'qu- Gui'. But my two emendations of कप्पिवणे to अंबवणे and अहं to दूसह were quite arbitrary. But when the translation was being printed, by chance I came across the original gatha : अज्ज सहि केण गोसे कं पि मणे वल्लहं भरतेण (पा० भे० म्हरंतेण) / अम्हं मअणसराहअ-हिअअ-व्वणफोडणं (पा० भे० हिअअ-वण-प्फोडणं) गीअं॥ [अद्य सखि केन प्रभाते कामपि मन्ये वल्लभां स्मरता / 3AHGARRIES-EG4-797-Pac 1a 11] . --Gathasaptasati IV. 81 Translation : Early this morning, my friend, some one sang a song remembering, methinks, his sweetheart and that tore up all the wounds caused to my heart by Madana's arrows. The method of comparative study that I followed for restoration of the corrupt readings and passages in the works on Sanskrit Poetics paid rich dividends. It led to the discovery of (i) a major portion of Abhinavabharati, on Ch. VII, the Bhavadhyaya which was believed till yesterday to have been lost, and (ii) considerable portion of Sarvasena's Harivijaya which also was believed to have been lost altogether. Let us first take up for discussion the discovery of (i) Abhinavabharati (Ch. VII). Abhinavagupta is the greatest name in Sanskrit literary criticism. His two famous commentaries, one, Abhinavabharati on Bharata's Natyasastra and two, Locana on Anandavardhana's Dhvanyaloka, are regarded as their Bible or Stud.-39 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
| SR No. | 001868 |
| Book Title | Studies in Jain Literature |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | V M Kulkarni |
| Publisher | Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre |
| Publication Year | 2001 |
| Total Pages | 114 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Literature, & Story |
| File Size | 14 MB |