Books and Papers

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

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58. Tavanidhi and its Inscriptions (J.A., X, 1, pp. 49–51, Arrah, 1944; also J.A., XI, 2, pp. 15-16, Arrahı, 1946).
This note describes Tavanidhi (Dt. Belgaum) and puts together references to this holy place from earlier literature. Further, inscriptions on the statues in the local temples are deciphered and discussed in details.
59. The Prakrit Dhürtākhyāna, a Unique Indian Satire (Proc. and Trans. of the A.-I.O.C., XII, pp. 464-67, Banaras, 1946).
The Dhurtakhyāna of Haribhadra is evaluated as a satire. Related tendencies of this type of literary form in Indian literature are discussed and Haribhadra's contribution is appraised.
60. The Date of Subandhu's Vasavadatta (Proc. and Trans. of the A.-I.O.C., XIII, pp. 113-14, Nagpur, 1946).
Jinabhadra whose date is lately ascertained to be A.D. 608-9 refers to Vasavadatta; so it is reasonable to put the Vasavadatta of Subandhu earlier than 608-9.
61. Kavi Parameśvara or Paramesthi (Proc. and Trans. of the A.-I.O.C., XIII, pp. 375-80, Nagpur, 1946; in Hindi, J.S.B., XIII, 2, pp. 81-86, Arrah, 1947).
Various references to Kavi Parameśvara from Kannada and Sanskrit literature are put together, and it is shown that he definitely flourished earlier than A.D. 837. It is for the first time that certain quotations attributed to him are brought to light, and it is surmised that the original work must have been in an admixture of prose and verse.
62. Śricandra and his Apabhramsa Kathakośa (Bhārata Kaumudi, II, pp. 1005-16, Allahabad, 1946).
The Apabhramsa Kathakosa of Sricandra is introduced here from a single MS. Śricandra gives his genealogy and mentions his contemporaries. It appears that he flourished in the last quarter of the 11th century A.D. The sources of this Kathākoša and its relation with Harişena's Sanskrit Kathakosa are dis
cussed here.
63. Nayacandra and his Rambhamañjarī (Journal of the U.P. Hist. Society, XIX, pp. 90-98; also in Hindi,