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Vol XXII, 1998
REVIEW
229 Amaracanda and about the Makaranda commentary of Pt Subhavijayagani, who flourished in 1665 (VS) and was one of the disciples of famous Hīravijayasūri Sübhavijaya seems to accept almost all the conclusions of 'Parimala' since he entertains a sense of great respect for Parimala commentary He prefers to be but brief and at the same time perfectly critical, in his comments, on certain passages of different stabakas of KKLV Thus, he has commented only on angabhangasleśa but on sakalakriyāstabaka he states that it is simple hence not to be commented upon (sugamostiti na vyākhyātah) Subhavijaya was also a great scholar He follows the views of Mammata and Hemcandra So his commentary is more elaborate, more detailed and subtler After the Introduction the text of KKLV with Makaranda runs to 232 pages Dr Beta has given variants in footnotes for the text for the 'Makaranda' commentary and for the Parimala commentary He has edited this work with the help of so many Mss but unfortunately he has not given any detailed account or opinion of the Mss utilities by him Anyway, this edition has become much better than former by Hosang Shastris of Kashi. (1931 A. D)
Parul K. Mankad
MAHARANA KUMBHA AND HIS TIMES. Ram Vallabh Somani Publisher : Ramchandra Agrawal, Jaipur Publishing House, SMS Highway, Jaipur. pp. 344, Price : Rs. 450/In keeping with his tradition of writing, Shri Ram Vallabh Somanı has embarked upon the topic of his interest and profound research in this publication His contents speak of the Early History from Pre and Proto history of Mewar through various eras and dynasties coming down to the end of the Sultanate period In the second phase of his Life History he comments upon the family relationships and other details Then he goes to describe his several battles with Malwa and Gujarat in a greater detail with facts and figures The chapter on Administration, deals with several aspects such as religious taxes, market taxes and other regular procedures
More stress seems to have been laid on two important chapters namely Literature and Art which describe his views on Jain literature and on Acharya Som Sundar Suri (1457-1499) the well-known Yuga Pradhan of the Tapagaccha congregation in the Soma Saubhāgya Kavya, composed by Pratistha, Som gives
