Books and Papers

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

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[ II 41 - The Sanskrit commentary of Vasunandi on the Mūlācāra is assigned to the iniddle of the 12th century A.D. 41. The Kamsavaho, a Prākrit Kāvya (Proc. & Trans. of
the A.-1.0.C., X, pp. 213-4, Madras, 1941). This note introduces the Kamsavaho, a Prākrit poein, found in two Mss. from the South. It is composed by Rāma Pānivāda who comes from Malabar and flourished at the beginning of the 18th century A.D. 42. Hastimalla and his Adipurāna (Volume of Studies in In
dology presented to Prof. P. V. Kane, pp. 526-29,
Poona, 1941). This is a succinct record of the biographical details about Hastimalla and of the works attributed to him. His date is still a problem. A Kannada work of his, Adipurāņa by name, is introduced in this paper. 13. Usāniruddham, a Prākrit Kāvya (J.U.B., X, 2, pp. 156–
93, Bombay, 1941). This is an exhaustive monograph on the Usāniruddham which is brought to light for the first time. The following topics are covered in this paper: (1) Critical Apparatus. (2) Procedure of Text-constitution. (3) Authorship, Age, etc., of the Poem. (4) Summary of the Contents. (5) The Source form, ctc., of the story. (6) Antecedents of the Prākrit Poem. (7) Metres in the Pocm. (8) Style, etc., of the Poem. (9) Prākrit Text of the Poem. 44. Siricimdhakavvam of Kļsəalīlāśuka (B.V., III, 1,
pp. 60–76, Bombay, 1941). The following topics are covered in this paper: (1) The class of works to which Siricimdhakavvam belongs. (2) Its Author, Krsnalīlāśuka, and his date. (3) Durgāprasādayati, his contribution to the poem and his Sanskrit commentary. (4) The contents of the poem, and its estimate as a Kävya in comparison with Kumārapālacarita. (5) Text of the first canto. (6) Grammatical illustrations from the text studied in comparison with those given in the commentaries of the Prākrtaprakāśa. (7) Importance of this poem for the text-problem of the Prākrtaprakāśa of Vararuci,