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________________ SAPTASATISARA WITH BHAVADIPIKA* ALL students of Prakrit Literature and Sanskrit Poetics will welcome this volume. Dr Upadhye, the eminent Prakritist and Master Editor has critically edited the text of Saptasatisara along with the commentary Bhavadipika. In his valuable Introduction Dr. Upadhye treats of the relevant topics : 1. MSS Material And Text-Constitution, 2. Muktaka Poetry, 3. Kosas or Anthologies, 4. King Hala, 5. Hala's Sattasai, 6. Commentaries on the Gathasaptasati and 7. Vema Bhupala and his Bhavadipika. He then adds select Bibliography which is very useful for intensive study of the text. Saptasatisaratika, which is named Bhavadipika, is a commentary in Sanskrit on a select Century of Prakrit Gathas from the Gathasaptasati. Just as Hala selected, in the past, seven hundred out of one crore of gathas so Vema Bhupala selected one hundred even out of that seven hundred. He first gives the gatha; then adds his chaya; thereafter he supplies the context and explains the text often commenting on unusual Prakrit words; he then lucidates the alamkara and dhvani aspects of this gatha. It is this dhvani aspect which is of supreme importance and is responsible for the title of the commentary as Bhavadipika. At the end of the text are added four useful Indices : 1. Index of Gatha, 2. Bhavadipika's quotations from the sutras of Trivikrama, 3. quotations in the Bhavadipika from other standard works and finally, 4. Gatas from Saptasatisara, quoted in other works (on Poetics). The learned editor has spared no efforts to restore the version which must have been in front of Vema Bhupala. Occasionally however, we come across readings which do not agree with the Sanskrit Commentary. For instance, the Gatha (No. 88) reads a dry but the Sanskrit commentary on it gives its chaya as * Saptasatisara with Bhavadipika of Vema Bhupala Along with Chappannaya-Gahao (Text and Chaya) By Dr. A. N. Upadhye (Shivaji University Sanskrit and Prakrit Series Vol III), Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 1970, Rs. 7/ 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 |