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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(71 Pantcadandātapalra-prabandha by Rāma can dra sūri of the Parnimāgaccha (1490 V. S. = 1434 A.D.). This Prabandha in Sanskrit verse is edited and publislied by Pt. Hirālāla Hamsaraja of Jamanagar in 1912 A.D. under the title Pancadandamakam Vikramacaritram. The name of the author and the date of composition are missing in the printed text; but tlie saine are supp:ied by the Mss. of the work preserved in the Oriental Institute, Basoda and Sri Hemacandrācārya Jaina Jñāpamandira, Patana, Mss. of this work itre also available at the Anup Sanskrit Library, Bikaner, the L, D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad and Amera Sastrabhandára, Jaipur. For our purpose OI Ms. no. 2111 is utilized. The Ms. comprises 69 folics. The writing is mostly in Prsthamátrás. It is dated 1556 V, S. 1500 A.D.
[8] Vikramaditya Pancadandacchaira-caritra by Vija ya kusala [ 16th cent. A.D.). A Ms. of this Sanskrit prose work is preserved in the Oriental Institute, Baroda as no. 24271, which is referred to for our porpose. It consists of 19 folios and is dated 1777 V. S. = 1721 A.D. The author follows here the story navrated by Ramacandrasuri ( our no. 7). Even the wording is very similar to that of no. 7, and often the same. The autbor makes a brief but frank statement to this effect: "RamacandrasArikriad uddharstam ".
(9) Vikramaditva-pañcadanda-prabandha by an unknown author [ 16th cent, A.D.). A Ms. of this work in Sanskrit prose is preserved in the Oriental Institute, Baroda as no. 14273, which is relerred to for our purpose. It has 7 folios in all.
Over and above these, we get a number of versions of this story in Old Gujarāti-Rājasthånl as well. It may be pointed out that this story is purely a folk-tale and it need not be considered as a prabandha' in the true sense of the term. Moreover, none of the above-mentioned versions is found in a Prabandha-work. As such it has no historical importance whatsoever. A comparative study of the same will, therefore, be out of place here, Those readers who are interested in it may refer with advantage to "A Critical Edition of Pancadand 1-ni Vārtā of An Unknown Gujarati Prose-Writer (Before 1682 A.D.)" by the present editor's learned colleague Dr. S. D. Parekh. It is his Ph.D. Thesis in Gujarati (June 1961), wherein he has also presented a nice " comparative study of literary works on the same theme in Sanskrit and Gujarati" on pages 18-255. A typed copy of the thesis is available for reference in the University Library, Baroda.
It will suffice for our purpose to state that a close study of all these