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________________ INDOLOGICAL STUDIES-I* The volume under review is a collection of 33 papers and articles pertaining to the areas of Literary and Performing Arts and of Prakrit and Apabhramsa studies by Dr. H. C. Bhayani (Bhayani). These papers and articles were published from time to time during the last four decades in various Oriental Research Journals. Part I deals with 14 topics relating to Literary and Performing Arts (pp. 3-126) and Part II with 19 topics concerning Prakrit and Apabhramsa studies (pp. 129-356). Pages 357 to 360 give us detailed information regarding their first publication. The Index added at the end covers pp. 361 to 365. As a scholar of Indology Bhayani has won international repute. His interests are varied. A mere glance at the Table of Contents is enough to give an idea of the range of his interests in the various branches of learning : the languages Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsa and Old Gujarati and their literatures, Sanskrit Poetics, Lexicography, Metrics and Grammar. This collection easily bears testimony to his profound and wideranging scholarship and critical ability of a high order. By his comparative and critical study he sheds new light on the topics chosen for study. Each and every paper is important in its own way. All readers may not find all papers of equal interest. Whatever papers however they choose, according to their own interest, predilection, for careful reading, are bound to enjoy them and enrich their knowledge. Some of the papers are of general interest and appealing to every reader. For instance, Kesna's early life and his childhood exploits, are of perennial interest. Bhayani's three papers, Part. II. 7, 8 and 9 dealing with the childhood exploits of Krsna, his unique relationship with his three less known sweethearts --Pali, Dhanya and Carukesi, and the sources of two of his puranic episodes 1. Gopivastraharana * INDOLOGICAL STUDIES-I (Literary and Performing Arts, Prakrit and Apabhramsa Studies) H. C. BHAYANI, published by Parshva Prakashan, Nisha Pole Naka, Jhaverivad, Relief Road, Ahmedabad-380 001, 1993, pp. 3-365, Rs. 250. Stud.-71 Jain Education International www.jainelibrary.org For Private & Personal Use Only
| 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 |