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NARAYAN PRASAD
SAMBODHI
The main contribution of this thesis lies in its first chapter, which contains the discussion on the life and works of Bhojadeva. Out of the total 287 pp., 120 pp. have been allotted to the description of contributions of other grammarians ! As per the title and his Foreword, this thesis is supposed to be the critical study of SKĀ, especially on ch. VIII. One hardly finds in the published thesis any significant contribution to the study of SKĀ. What has been expressed by Dr. Chintamani in the tabular form in Bhoja-Pāṇini Concordance in Appendix-I, has been expressed in oft-repeated words in ch. 6 of this thesis. As per Dr. N. M. Kansara's information, all the corrections in the sūtra-pātha with the help of parallel sūtras in Panini, done by V. G. Šāstri (but not compiled separately in the thesis), have been incorporated in the Gujarati edition.
11. SKĀ cited as Authority in Various Works
The great depositaries of learning such as Hemacandra, Kșīrasvāmin, Vardhamana, Mallinātha Sūri, Devarāja Yajvan, Sāyaṇācārya, Nārāyana Bhatta and Bhattoji Dīksita have cited in their works the SKĀ as authority. This topic has been described in detail by the present author in the May 1995 issue of Vedavāni. Some details not supplied in this issue are given below.
Vardhamana had quoted Bhojadeva by name as a lexicographer, grammarian
commentator in the following kārikās of Ganaratnamahodadhi (edited by Julius Eggeling, 1879; Reprint MLBD, New Delhi, 1963): 2(2) 7(2) 13 22 25 27 28 29 31 39 40 45 46 49 52 64 80 82 85 91(2) 93 94 95(2) 96(3) 101 105 107 109 112-114 123(2) 131 135 139 140(2) 145 146 157 164(2) 170 175 182 186 191 197 202(2)' 203 207 209(2) 211 212(3) 214 215 216 219(4) 222 228(2) 229 230 233(2) 240 243 245 249 261 268 27202) 286 288 302 304 314(2) 315 317 326 330 342 348 351 352 353 359 392(4) 403(2) 404 405 406 409 414(2) 417 419 420 423 426 433 434 435 437(2) 438 446 449 450 452 457(2) --- Total 1 (in kārikā 2) + 129 (in the commentary)
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