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ŠABDA-VILĀSA OR PĀRASĪNĀMAMĀLĀ OF MANTRI SALAKYA
AND MAHIPA-KOŚA OF SACIVA MAHIPA
UP Shah
The Parasiprakasa, a bilingual koga of Persian and Sanskrit, composed by Kronadasa, a contemporary of Akbar, 18 well-kcown and was published long ago, in V S 1923 (= AD 1866) by Pandit Mannalal of Varanasil Some more works of this type have since then been found in different manuscripts collection 2
One such work is found in the collections of Sri Nitlvijaya Jalna Pustakalaya, Cambay It is a manuscript on paper, size 97 x 41 in, and has 20 follos Folios 1-8 contain the Apatarga-namamala of Jinabhadra suri, while folios 8-20 contain Sabdavilāsa, also called Pāras dāmamala The begining 1s as under - Folio da
॥ ॥ॐ नम श्री सर्वज्ञाय । नम श्री सोमनाथाय सोमाकाराय शंभवे । भवेद्यस्य गुणान्वक्तु न क्षमाऽपि श्रुतिर्मदात् ॥ १ ॥ या विभूषयति विश्वमशेष यत्नतो नरपति शुचिवेषम् । देवताशमिह साऽभिभजन्ती शर्म वो दिशतु वाग्विलसन्ती ॥ २ ॥ सर्वभाषासु कौशल्य के नेच्छन्ति नरोत्तमा । यतो हि विज्ञतासपत् प्राप्यते राजससदि ॥३॥ सर्वदेशप्रसिद्धा ये सर्वशास्त्रविशारदा । न ते कस्या हि भाषाया जायन्ते दोषभाषिण ॥ ४ ॥ ऊचे वराहमिह (हि)रो मिह (हि)रोत्तमश्री(श्री)
स क्रेयताउरिमुखान्यवनेशवाचा । मेषादिभिः सुविदितान्ज(ज)नतोपकृत्यै क स्यान्न वाचि कुशली खलु विश्वदृश्वा ॥ ५ ॥
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A Weber also Published Pára91-Prakasa Das Krishnadas (Berlin 1877, Glossary), (1889, Grammes) A manuscript of Parasi-Nāmanāla, composed by Vedangarāya, preserved in the Oriental Institute, Baroda Vedāngarüya says that he has highly favoured by Shah Jahan.
