Sambodhi 1972 Vol 01

Author(s): Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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FRESH LIGHT ON BHAMAHA-VIVARANA
V M Kulkarni
Till recently Udbhata'a commentary on the Karyalamkara of Bhamaha, generally known as Bhamaha-vivarana (BV) was presumed to have been lost beyond recovery In 1962, however, Gnoli published some fragments from this commentary1 Gnoit's identification of his publication with BV was doubted by Dr Raghavan In his paper on Punaruktavadabbasa3 Dr K Krishnamoorthy came to the conclusion that the published fragments do represent the genuine Bhamaha-Divarana of Udbhata himself
The study of Kalpalataviveka (KLV), however, throws some interesting light on this controversy, and goes a long way in support of Gnoli's claims Numerous passages of the commentary published by Gnoli are, beyond any shadow of doubt, the source of numerous passages in KLV They shed abundant light on some of the obscure, ambiguous and knotty verses in chapter V (Nyayanırnaya) of Bhamaha's Kavyalamkara It borrows most of the passages from BV when treating of dosas A good many of its pratikas, referring to Bhamaha's text, present variant readings from the printed texts Some of them are convincingly genuine readings The text of BV bristles with uncertain and doubtful readings, it is often mutilated as syllables, words, phrases and occasionally sentences are partly or entirely lost I quote below about a dozen passages from KLV which throw light on and render the corresponding passages from BV intelligible
(1) Fr 16 (a) 11 2-8 These lines which treat of anyartha dosa (Bhamaha I 40) could be reatored with the help of the following passage from KLV
1) Udbhata s commentary on the Kavyalamkara of Bhamaha, Roma, Istituto Italiano per II Medio Ed Estremo Oriente, 1962
2) Presidential Address, The Twenty-first All India Oriental Conference, Srinagar, October, 1961
3) Punaruktavadabhasa and Genuineness of the published Fragments from Udbhata's Bhamaliavivarana, The Journal of the Karnatak University VIII 1964
4) L D Series No 17, Lalbhar Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidyamandira,
Ahmedabad - 9
5) Vide p 7 11 17-28