Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts Part 2 B

SR No.: 018013
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jinvijay
Publisher: Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute Jodhpur
Publication Year: 1963
Total Pages: 646
Language: English
Classification: Catalogue & Catalogue
File Size: 9 MB

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Rajasthan. Dr. Buhler and Dr. Jacobi, afterwards, examined, took notices of, and copied out certain important manuscripts of these Bhandars. After a long gap of time, work on these manuscripts has been resumed by this Institute. Photo-stat copies of 258 manuscripts comprising 336 works in 27,297 leaves and 7,862 plates have been prepared and preserved. Publication of certain rare manuscripts available in these Bhandars, such as-a complete copy of Bhatta Somesvara's commentary on the 'Kavya Prakasha' of Mammata, a work written on palm-leaf and dated 1158 A. D., not much later after the date of composition of the 'Kavya Prakash', between 1050-1100 A.D., the 'Cakrapani vijaya Maha-kavya' by Laxmidhara Bhatt, the 'Shabdaratnapradipa', 'Karakasambandhodyota', 'Balsiksha Vyakarana' by Thakkur Sangram Singh and the 'Vrittajatisamuchchaya' of Virahank, 'Kavidarpana', 'Padartharatnamanjusa' and 'Tripura Bharati Laghustava Tika' etc., goes to the credit of the The 'Cakrapani - vijaya - mahakavya' is the only palm-leaf copy of the work available now. It is a love-tale. The 'Shabdaratnapradipa', as the title suggests, is a work of lexical character containing several works that yield more than one meaning. The 'Karkasambandhodyota' is a monograph on the Katantra school of Sanskrit grammar. The 'Vrittajatisamuchchaya' is a work on Prakrit and Sanskrit metres, written by Virahank about the 7th century A.D. The 'Kavidarpana' represents an invaluable phase in the history of middle Indo-Aryan prosodical tradition. Composed about the 14th century A.D. the 'Padartha-ratna-manjuṣa' of Krishna Bhatta is an important manual of the Vaisheṣika school of Philosophy. The Tripura Bharati Laghustava' is a devotional poem by Laghuacharya dedicated to Goddess Tripura. Vasavadatta', the wellknown love-story in elegant Sanskrit prose by Subandhu. Its printing is almost complete. Many other similar works from the Jaisalmer collection are also under publication, which are pledged to add a lot to our information about the medieval Sanskrit, Prakrit and allied literature.
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One of the latest undertakings of the Institute is the scheme for survey of manuscripts, paintings and other art objects that are lying scattered all over Rajasthan. Seven branch offices of the Institute have been established at Jaipur, Kotah, Alwar, Tonk, Udaipur,