Mahavira Charitam

Author(s): Todarmal Pandit
Publisher: University of Panjab Lahore

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CONTENTS
PREFACE
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PART I. INTRODUCTION 1. General account of the Mahāvīra-carita MSS and their mutual relationship. .
. . . . 2. Detailed account of the Mahāvīra-carita MSS. . 3. Three Recensions for a portion of the Mahāvīra-carita. 4 Critical principles followed in constituting the Text 5. Emendations . . . . . . . . 6° Remarks regarding Notes and Appendices . 7 Bhavabhūti’s Life and Ancestry : 8. Bhavabhūti's Date . . 9 Bhavabhūti's Writings. . 9a. Verses attributed to Bhavabhūti not yet traced . 10 Chronological order of Bhavabhūti's extant Plays . 11. Bhavabhūti's Literary Characteristics . .
a Bhavabhūti as a Dramatist 6 His Humour and Irony. C. His Style . d His Verbal Forms e. His Metres . . . . .
f. His knowledge of Prakrits 12. Bhavabhūti and Kālıdāsa . . . . 13. Bhavabhūti's Self-repetitions 14. Bhavabhūti's Quotations from other Works . 15. Mention of and Quotations from Bhavabhūti in other
Works . . . . . . . . . 16. Bibliography of Bhavabhūti's Plays . . . 17. Literature concerning Bhavabhūti . 18. Abbreviations used
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