Bruhat Katha kosha

SR No.: 016060
Original Sutra Author: Harishen Acharya
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Publication Year: 1943
Total Pages: 566
Language: Prakrit, Sanskrit
Classification: Dictionary & Dictionary
File Size: 16 MB

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INTRODUCTION
1. CRITICAL APPARATUS AND TEXT-CONSTITUTION
i) Description of Mss. and their Mutual Relation
This editio princeps of the Kathakośa of Harişeņa is based on three Mss. whose description is given below:
Pa: This paper Ms., written in Devanāgari characters, belongs to the Deccan College Collection, now deposited at the Bhandar Research Institute, Poona. It measures 12.7" x 5.7", and bears the No. 1159 of 1891-95. In all there are 350 folios written on both sides; the first and the last folio, however, are written on only one side. The page No. 267 is put twice. There are twelve lines on a page, and about 50 akşaras in a line. Black ink is used for the body of the text, while the marginal lines, the Dandas, the verse-numbers and the colophons are written in red ink. On many pages the hand-writing looks apparently different, but I think that the whole Ms. is written by one and the same copyist. It is well preserved.
The characters are neat and clear. There are a few marginal notes giving the synonyms of some stray and unusual words occurring in the text. The words to be spaced and the absorbed vowels are indicated by comma-like strokes and Avagraha-like marks respectively; and they are put on the head of the line. A few corrections are made here and there with white paste, and some of them are quite sensible. In many cases they agree with the actual readings of either Pha or Ja. Scribal irregularities in numbering the verses and stories are seen in many places. The Ms. opens thus : follo
AT Date II The concluding portion runs thus : sa sft-recapi perai समाप्तं ॥ ग्रंथसंख्या १२५०००॥ श्रीरस्तु ॥ कल्याणमस्तु ॥ संवत् १८६८ का मासोतममासे जेठमास शुक्लपक्षचतुर्थी तिथी सर्यवारे श्रीमलसंघे नंद्याम्नाये बलात्कारगणे सरखतीगच्छे कुंदकुंदाचार्यान्वये भट्टारकजी श्रीमहेंद्रकीर्तिजी तत्प? भाटारकजी श्रीक्षेमेंद्रकीर्तिजी तत्पट्टे भट्टारकजी श्रीसुरेंद्रकीर्तिजी तत्पट्टे भट्टारकशिरोमणिभट्टारकजी श्रीसुखेंद्रकीर्तिजी तदानाये सवाईजयनगरे श्रीमन्नेमिनाथचैत्यालये गोधाख्यमंदिरे पंडितोत्तमपंडितजी श्रीसंतोषरामजी तत्सिख्य पंडितवषतरामजी तच्छिष्य हरिवंशदासजी तत्सिष्य कृष्णचंद्रः तेषां मध्ये वषतरामकृष्णचन्द्राभ्यां ज्ञानावरणीकर्मक्षयार्थ बृहदाराधनाकथाकोशाख्यं प्रथं स्वशयेन लिषितं श्रोतवक्तजनानामिदं शास्त्रं मंगलं भवतु ॥ This colophon is copied as it is. without any material changes; and it shows that the copyist is writing Sanskrit with a good deal of Hindi influence.