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Review
Gautamīyasūtraprakāśaḥ by Kesavamiśra, edited by Dr. Kishor Nath Jha. published by G.N. Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapith, Allahabad, 1978, pp. 20 + 178. Price Not mentioned.
The work under review is published for the first time. It is a short, lucid and coherent commentary on the Nyāyasūtras of Gautama written by Keśava Miśra (= Keśava Kavi) who flourished in the 16th century. He was the native of Mithila and a reputed teacher of Nyāya in the holy city of Kashi. He has also written a work on rhetorics entitled Alankarsekhara which is already published.
Dr. Jha bas critically edited the text of the Gautamiyasūtraprakāśaḥ on the basis of the four mss. All these four mss. are based on some common incomplete ms. since all of them omit the second Ähnika of the second Adhyāya. Dr. Jha has tried to make the text as flawless as possible.
The scholarly Introduction by Dr. Jha describes the mss. material, gives an account of the life and works of Keśava Kavi, mentions the special features of the Vștti, critically examines the different versions of the Nyāyasūtra accepted by scholars - ancient and modern, gives succinct account of the authors referred to in the Vștti and points out where the author follows whom.
The five appendices added to the text have enhanced the value of the work. Annotations given in Appendix II are very interesting as therin the learned editor has given the qustations from various Nyāya works on which different portions of the text are based or in which we find thoughts and expressions similar to those in the Vștti. Thus, the present work is a valuable addition to Indian philosophy. The editor and publisher bot! deserve congratulations.
.- Nagin J. Shah
Pramāṇalakṣaṇam of Sarvajñātmamuni, edited by E. Easwaran Nam poothiry, Published by Department of Sanskrit, University of Kerala Trivandrum, 1973, pp. 39+75, price Rs. 7.50.
The work under review is a tiny treatise on Mimāṁsā epistemology written by Sarvajñātmamuni (c. 10th century A.D.), the well known authoi of the Sankşepaśārīraka. It contains the complete text of the Pramāņalak saņa except a section of Arthäpatti, which was hitherto unpublished. The editoi has made the text as flawless as possible. The text is printed along with a learned Introduction, explanatory notes, indices of words and citations. It the Introduction the editor has adduced strong, cogent arguments to esta. blish that Deveśvara, the preceptor of Sarvajñātmamuni, is not identica with Surešvara, a disciple of Sankarācārya. Even Madhusüdanasarasvati while commenting on a verse in the Sank sepaśāriraka (1.8) has wrongly
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