Laghu Prabandh Sangraha

SR No.: 009675
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jayant P Thaker
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 309
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Literature, & History
File Size: 6 MB

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by the by that these epithets are not found in the other versions of the praban. dha examined by the editor for comparison.
In short, the language is very simple and unas umirg: the diction is direct and the style is forceful, sharing the peculiar features of Jaina Sanskrit, and the px.worful colloquial influence las oflered a realistic touch to the narrative. The lexica) material, #liich is an important leature of the language and style of LHS, is dealt with in Appendix'.'.
VIII, Authorship and Dato The name of its author is not furnished by the text of the LPS, nor can it be known from any other source. All the sa ne, the uniform nature of the contents and the homogeneity of the style of all the ten prabandhas are conducive to the conclusion that the present work is not a compilation of pratandhas consed by different authors as would ordinarily be inferred from the title Laght-prabandha sangraha, but that the whole has come from the pen of a single author. Though nothing is known about the personal listory of the author otherwise, on the evidence of the text itself some r:mirks can sulely be pa:sed regardir.g the sanie.
Firstly, the type of the language einplnyed by him throughout the work is the one cultivated by inediaeval Jaita authors of Western India and known as 'Jaina Sanskrit wluich fact is a sufficient evidence for pronouncing our author to be a mediaeval jauna author of IV stern India,
Secondly, there are a few Gujarati phrases and sentences introduced in the body of the text, and what is more striking is that Madanabhrama, king of Kanti in Bengal, is made to speak in Gujarati, Occasionally we also meet with distinctly Gojarāti case-terminations. These circumstances lead us to the conclusion that the author belunged to Gujaräld. Vorevver, such ex. pressions as * kuni ve vinajirute' 0.1) induce oue to infer further that in all probability he hadded 31 orth Gujaraia; because though. kuna 'is found commonly used in ON Gujarati tar modern Gujarati kuna' 'who', it is retained even today in lit dialects of North Gujarala alone. The lact that Pattani or Analapura Pattana (mudern Pața na ), the capital of the great king Siddharaja Jaya, imha, who appeius in as miny as six out al the ten prubadhus of LPS, is situated in North Gujarata, in a way, supports this inference.
Date of Composition
It is not possible for us to arrive at a delwile date of the cimposition of