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The translation misses the whole point and simply misinterprets the expression 'galitakāni”. Hemacandra first states that Prakrit epics Rāvanavijaya, Harivijaya and Setubandha are composed in a single metre (that is the Skandhaka) from the beginning to the end and then adds - the galitakas are later interpolations inserted by some who fancied themselves to be learned or wise.
The Tippanam given as Index-I (pp. 567-607) to the edition, followed by the translator, reads - A Gifh II p. 607. Hemacandra in his Chando”nuśāsana deals with galitaka metres in Ch. IV, pp. 142-149.
Incidentally, it may be mentioned here that Nandi"s critical and expert eye has not noticed the serious mistake committed by the two editors. The Vilāsa Alamkāra has been already defined (and illustrated) earlier (sūtra-37). So there was no question of defining Vilāsa again (at sūtra-45). In fact, the sentence given as sūtra-45 forms an integral part of the passage that immediately follows. This passage brings out the distinction between Vilasa defined at sūtra-37 and Lalita defined at sūtra-44 and illustrated by citing v. 735 (that precedes immediately before this integrated passage which distinguishes between the two Alamkāras). This apart, in a massive work covering over four hundred pages the few errors pointed out above hardly detract from the merit of this excellent work. Dr. Tapasvi Nandi deserves hearty congratulations for this excellent work. It would be only appropriate if the L. D. or some other Research Institute persuaded him to translate in Gujarati Hemacandra"s svopajna commentary Viveka as a companion to this volume.
V. M. Kulkarni
AMRITA : THE COLLECTED PAPERS CONTRIBUTED BY PROFESSOR A. M. GHATAGE, published by J. B. Shah, Shreshthi Kasturbhai Lalbhai Smarak Nidhi, Sharadaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre, Ahmedabad, 2000 pp. 520. Rs. 600.
Dr. A. M. Ghatage, a pre-eminent and senior indologist of India, has won international fame by his outstanding work in the field of Prakrit Languages and Prakrit Literature, Sanskrit Language and Grammar, Linguistics and Lexicography. This volume Amirita, (significantly, it happens to be the first name of Dr. Ghatage), is a collection of forty papers including Key-note Address for a seminar on Lexicography, Address as President to the Section of Indian Linguistics, General Address as President to the Session of All-India Oriental Conference.
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