Books and Papers

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

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BIBLIOGRAPHY 84. Marathi Elements in a Prākrit Drama (Chatterji Jubilee
Volume, Indian Linguistics, XVI, pp. 147–52, Madras, 1955).
This paper puts together various Marāthi expressions in the Prākrit play, Anandasundari, of Ghanaśyāma who hailed from Mahārāstra, but lived at Tanjore about the middle of the 18th century A.D.
85. Dhūrtākhyāna in the Niśíthacūrni (Submitted to the
A.-1.0.C., XVII; revised and published in the Ācārya Sri Vijayavallabhasūri Smāraka Grantha, pp. 143-51,
Bombay, 1956). The Dlürtākhyāna found in the Niśithacūrni is introduced hicre with it summary of the contents which are compared and contrasted with those in the work of Haribhadra who, it is concluded, is indebted to the Cūrni. The Appendix gives the text as found in the Cūrni.
06. The Samtināha-cariü in Apabhramsa (J. of the Univer
sity of Poona, 5, pp. 144-65, Poona, 1956).
This is a monograph on an unpublished Apabhramsa text, the Samtināhacariü. The following topics are discussed here: (1) MS. material. (2) Age of the Work. (3) Evidence on the Authorship of Mahindu, Mahadū and Bambhajjuna. (4) Conclusion: Mahadū and Bambhajjuna, the Authors. (5) Sadhārana the Patron. (6) Contents and Form. (7) Puşpadanta's Influence. (8) Earlier Authors Mentioned. (9) Apabhramsa Language of the Text. (10) Appendices: (a) Colophons in a consolidateil form; (b) SC XIII. XV-xvii, giving information about Mahadū etc.; (c) Ghattā Verses at the close of Various Cantos; (d) Nāmāvaji: Sādhārana and his Family; (e) Sanskrit Verses Blessing Sadhārana at the close of various Cantos; and (f) SO Samdhi I, Text. 87. Once Again, Vālmikisūtra--A Myth (B.V., XV, 3, pp.
28-31, Bombay, 1956). Here some of the arguments, lately advanced, are refuted; and the carlier conclusion about the so-called Vālmīki-sūtras is confirmed.