Parsuram Kalpasutra Part 01

Author(s): A Mahadev Shastri
Publisher: Central Library

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while publishing it along with the Sutra. But this copy of the Vritti was far from correct, so that other copies were searched for; and a continued search of two years was crowned with the discovery of other manuscript copies, a careful collation of which enabled me to prepare a satisfactory edition of the Sutra and Vritti. By the time the Sutra with Vṛitti was edited, the edition of Nityotsava became an easy affair; and good copies also of the latter have been secured in the meanwhile.
This edition of the Parasurama-Kalpa-Sutra with Vritti is based on the following manuscripts:
1. The copy belonging to the Adyar Library transcribed in Devanagari from a Telugu manuscript copy belonging to late Mr. Jagga Rao of Vizagapatam. This is cited as 3.
2. The copy mentioned above was sent to Baroda for collation with the excellent MS. copy belonging to Pandit Dhanvantram of Karnali. The noteworthy readings of this copy were noted in the Adyar copy, and they are cited as those of ब. For the marking of the variants I am indebted to the kind services of Mr. G. K. Srigondekar, M.A., Samskrit Librarian, Baroda Central Library, who worked at it assiduously for eight hours a day.
3. A complete Devanagari copy belonging to the Baroda Library containing 302 leaves. This copy was found to be fairly good giving correct readings where other copies were found faulty. This is cited as a 9.
4. A copy in grantha character in three volumes made from a manuscript deposited in the Madras Government Oriental MSS. Library. The owner of this transcript Mr. M. V. Sreenivasa Iyer of Triplicane (Madras) collated it with another MS. copy and has noted in it variations from that other copy; and his copy is thus equivalent to two distinct copies of the work. This transcript is cited as .
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Portions of a copy of Ramesvara-Vritti was got from the Benares Government Samskrit College Library for collation.