Kavya Prakasha Khandana

SR No.: 002506
Original Sutra Author: Siddharshi Gani
Author: Rasiklal C Parikh
Publisher: Singhi Jain Shastra Shiksha Pith Mumbai
Publication Year: 1953
Total Pages: 148
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 8 MB

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INTRODUCTION
Begins: as in A.
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Ends: as in A, excepting that the folio 62a repeats समेपि upto प्रशस्तिः and that at the end संवत् १७२२ वर्षे लषितं ॥ श्रीः ॥ This ms. also contains marginal notes. C. Paper Ms. : folios 61, length 10", breadth 41" with margins of about " on the left and the right sides and 1" on the upper and the lower sides. Lines per page about 13, the number of letters per line varies from 47 to 53 on account of the space in the middle which is about 1" x 1". Writ ing is beautiful. Begins as in A. excepting संवत् १७२२ वर्षे लिषितं ।
Ends : as in A.
The Present Edition.
If we compare the dates given in the colophons of these three Mss. we find that A was finished on Thursday the fifth of bright half Asvina Samvat 1703 which comes to Sep. 23,1647 A. D., while B. and C. were finished nineteen years later (S. 1722) that is in 1666 A. D. A careful comparison of the Mss. shows that B. and C. are almost exact copies of the A. which bears the seal. Thus even though I had three Mss. for preparing the present edition they all belong to one archetype. This has been a handicap. It may, however, be pointed out that on the whole these Mss, give correct and reliable readings. As said in the preface, printed editions of K. P., particulrly that of Jhalkikar, were consulted on doubtful points.
The variations of our text from the Jh's edition have been pointed out in the foot notes. The tippanas or marginal notes of the Mss. A and B also have been incorporated in the foot-notes.
Two Sucis or indexes have been given at the end of the textone of proper names and the other of sutras, slokas, etc. referred to in the text.
Kāvyaprakāśakhandana.
In the colophons at the end of all the Ullasas the work is referred to as Kavyaprakāśakhaṇḍana. In the introductory verse no. 3 however, the work is called Kavyaprakasavivṛti, but in no. 5 the author says '. Thus the author's intention is to write a critical exposition and he, therefore, calls his Vivṛti (exposition:) K. P. Khandana, to distinguish it from mere expositions. In fact Siddhicandra wrote a big commentary in the name of his Guru'.
1 अस्मत्कृतवृहट्टी कालोऽवसेयः । (पृ. ३); गुरुनाम्ना मत्कृतगृहट्टीकातः । (पृ. ३४),