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DESCRIPTION OF THE BASIC SOURCES
collated partially in cases of doubt. According to the editor, the text of JC. represents the secondary and amplified version of Mss. A, B and P.1 The following passages in the text are interpolations:
(a) Verses in Sk. in praise of the poet's patron, Nanna, at the begining of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th pariccheda; and
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(b) Passages from 1 5 3 to 1 8 17, 1 24 9 to 1 27 23 and from 4 22 17 b) to 4 30 15.
These additions were made by Gandhavva (Sk. Gandharva) in
1308 A. D.
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(viii) Gloss and Variants in JC.
The variants are given at the bottom of the printed text.
The gloss from the original Mss. is noted in the glossary. No description about the nature, extent and the source of this gloss has been given by the editor. When it is reproduced it is indicated by "iti tippanam" or similar fashion.
The Introduction to JC. deals with description and relationship of Mss. (pp.14-17), a brief account of the poet and his date (pp. 18-24) and a chapter-wise summary of the work (pp. 28-31). A glossary and brief notes are given at the end of the text (pp. 181-185).
These texts are the basic sources for the desya material we have studied. The old glosses including the Tippana of Prabhacandra that have been reproduced by various editors of the three works is mostly in a type of incorrect and late Sanskrit. At times the glosses contain vernacular words and mixed Sanskrit expressions which are of interest. Whenever they are of non-Sanskritic nature, we have noted them and they are given in a separate Appendix.
III. THE PLAN OF STUDY AND THE MODE OF PRESENTATION
We have first given in a classified manner the Desya material extracted from MP. along with references, from NC. and JC. to the words commonly shared with MP. Next, all the Desya words of NC. and JC. not occuring in MP. have been given alphabetically in an Appendix. This is followed by a second Appendix in which rare words collected from the old glosses of the three works are noted.
In this connection it would be necessary to define the exact connotation of Desya. In other words, what is generally meant by the Dest and what sort of concept of Desi we have in view as a basis of our selection of words and expressions from the above-mentioned texts. 1. See JC., Vaidya, P, L., Introduction, pp. 14-16 and 18.
2. See JC., Vaidya, P.L., Introduction, p. 17.
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