Kansvaho

Author(s): Rama Paniwada, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas

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KAMSAVAHO
campū contains some Prākrit passages. His more important works in Prakrit however are : Prākrta-vrttih, Usanirddham24 and Kansavaho.
___I have personally seen a palm-leaf Ms. of Prākrta-vrttih in the exhibition of Mss., arranged at Trivandrum, at the time of the session of the All-India Oriental Conference in 1937. The description of the Ms. was given thus : G.O. L. No. 2533A, Substance : palm-leaf, Size : 9" x 1}", Leaves 58 with 8-9 lines per page and about 28 letters in a line, Script : Malayälam, Number of Granthas 900, Owner : Vasudeva Sarma Avl. of Vattapalli Mattom Sucīndram, Subject : the grammar of Prākrit languages. This Ms. contains the Prākrit Sūtras at the end. The Ms. opens thus :
सुकृतिभिरेव गृहीतो बहुविधरूपावतारगम्भीरः । जयति स भगवान्विष्णुः प्राकृतशास्त्रप्रपञ्च इव ॥ प्रणिपत्य विनराजं श्रीगुरुपादान् मुनित्रयं वाणीम् । शङ्करमद्रिसुतां च प्राकृतवृत्तिर्मया क्रियते ॥
तत्रादौ लिपिविन्याससङ्केतः क्रियते-बिन्दुर्विधीयते etc. The Ms ends thus :
पैशाचेऽपि 'शषसां सः' 'रडलानां ळ:' इत्येतावन्मात्रमेव विशेषः, इति तावदत्रैवान्तभूतोऽयमपि विशेषः ।
प्राकृतलक्षणमेतत्प्रायेणोक्तं प्रयोगमनुसृत्य ।
अपरमपभ्रंशादेर्लक्षणमन्यत्र विज्ञेयम् ॥ The colophon runs thus : इति रामपाणिवादविरचितायां प्राकृतवृत्तावष्टमः परिच्छेदः । समाप्ता चेयं प्राकृतवृत्तिः॥ Through the kindness of the Curator, Government Oriental Mss. Library, Trivandrum, I have received a Devanagari transcript
23. PrākstavȚttiḥ: Govt. O. Mss. Library Madras No. 5209; The Trivandrum Maharaja's Palace Library No. 764; Paliyam Library, Cochin State.
24. Uşāniruddham : Govt. O. Mss. Library Madras No. 2817.