Books and Papers

Author(s): A N Upadhye
Publisher: Hindi Granth Ratnakar

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PREFACE
It is now fully realized by all workers in the fields of ancient Indian Culture and Modern Indo-Aryan Languages that their studies are bound to remain incomplete and imperfect as long as the relevant material from Prakrit literature and languages is not availed of. Consequently, some scholars are today engaged in Prakrit studies for which there is still a vast area of virgin soil and the results of which are sure to enrich the Indian heritage. A true picture of ancient India can be had only from a judicious study of the Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pali literatures. Lately, many of my colleagues have written for offprints of my earlier papers, or at least for references to them; and it is at their suggestion and request that I made myself bold to bring out this Bibliography.
My modest contributions to Indological studies, as seen from this Bibliography, are in two forms: first, Prakrit and Sanskrit works edited, authentically, if not critically, for the first time, in some cases from very rare material, along with exhaustive, critical monographs on the author and his writings; secondly, papers on isolated topics bringing to light new facts or coordinating old ones.
Texts like the Varangacarita, Brhat Kathakosa, Kamsavaho, Lilāvai, Camdaleha, etc., have been not only brought to light for the first time but also studied thoroughly from various points of view, giving them their due place in the history of Indian literature. A Prakrit, Apabhramsa or Sanskrit text, whether of one religion or another, cannot be studied in isolation, but needs to be assessed in the larger pattern of Indian culture and literature as a whole: my essays on the Brhat Kathakosa, Paramātma-prakāśa and Dhurtākhyana have fully borne this point in view. The Introduction to the Camdaleha brings to light a number of Saṭṭakas from Mss. and their study supplies valuable data for reviewing the growth of the Indian drama. Some of these essays are very concise, as they are by way of Introductions rather than independent treatises. It is hoped that the