________________
ON RESTORING CORRUPT PRAKRIT VERSES
V. M. KULKARNI*
It was a very hard, difficult and strenuous task to restore Corrupt Prakrit Verses in Sanskrit works on poetics. I was, however, lucky in that I could consult eminent scholars of Sanskrit and Prakrit like Dr. A. M. Ghatge, the late professor M. V. Patwardhan and the late Dr. H. C. Bhayani. Whenever I faced very difficult and insurmountable corrupt readings I used to write to any one of them. They used to kindly send their valuable suggestions. In this article I confine myself to half a dozen of Prakrit verses which were restored partially or fully with Dr. Bhayani's help : (i) चुम्बिज्जइ असहुत्तं अवरुन्धिज्जइ सहस्सहुत्तम्मि। विरमिअ पुणो रमिज्जइ पिओ जणो पत्थि पुनरुत्तम् ।।
-Dhvanyā loka I.p.143 It may be restored as follows:
चुम्बिज्जइ सअहुत्तं अवरुंडिज्जइ सहस्सहुत्तं पि। रमिअ पुणो वि रमिज्जइ पिए जणे णत्थि पुणरुत्तं ॥ [चुम्ब्यते शतकृत्वः, आलिङ्गयते सहस्रकृत्व: अपि ।
रन्त्वा पुनरपि रम्यते, प्रिये जने नास्ति पुनरुक्तम् ॥] -इति च्छाया ।। Note: Hemacandra in his Desisabdasamgraha records:
'अंकिय-अवरुंडिया परिरंभे' - I.11 And observes:
....अयं च यद्यपि क्रियाशब्द: - 'अवरुंडई' 'अवरुंडिज्जई' 'अवरुंडिग' इत्यादिप्रयोगयोग्यश्च तथाऽपि पूर्वाचार्यैर्धात्वादेशेषु न पठितः इत्यस्माभिरपि तदनुरोधात् तत्राऽपठित्वेह निबद्धः ।
The third quarter रमिअ पुणो वि रमिज्जइ I owe to Bhayani's suggestion.
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
