Tulsi Prajna 1996 04

SR No.: 524587
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1996
Total Pages: 194
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 8 MB

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magadhi. It is perhaps the Mrcchakatikam which uses the highest numbers of Prakrits. Kalidasa applies in his dramas ordinarily Sauraseni in prose and Maharashtri in verses. Bhavabhuti exercises Sauraseni in Uttararamacaritam; Vishakhadatta emploies Sauraseni and Maharashtri in Mudraraksasa; Bhattanarayan avails Sauraseni and Magadhi in Venisamhara and Rajasekhar disposes Sauraseni in Karpuramanjari. Levi and Grill also worked in the field,
The Indian scholars also discussed the Prakrits of Sanskrit dramas. S.B. Pandit analyses the Prakrits in the introduction Vikramorvasiya (BSS. 1889); Godavole did it in the introduction Mrcchakatikam (BSS. 1896), Telanga syathesised it in Mthe introduction to Mudraraksasa (1900) and R.G. Bhandarakar considered it in the introduction to Malatimadhava (1905). Ganapati Shastri (1910 1915) and Sukhatankar (JAOS. 40-42) worked on the dramas of Bhasa, Todaramall studied the Prakrits of Bhavabhuti's Mahavira. caritam, (Oxford, 1928), Dalal and Velankar analysed the Prakrits of Maharajavijaya (Baroda, 1918) and Vikramorvasiya (Sahitya Akadami, 1961) respectively. They have explained the Magadhi Sauraseni, Paisaci and other kinds of Prakrits used in these Sanskrit dramas.
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Through the survey of researces done in the field of Prakrit grammars it may be observed that our Indian scholars got the inspiration and light to work in the field from western scholars. They have now their own capability and capacity to conduct the researches on their own accord. Let us hope to unearth the hidden treasures of Prakrit language and literature and contribute in enriching our culture.