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Vol. XXV, 2002
REVIEW Sāvitri satakam : Dr. Jaydev Jani,
(With the auto-commentary in Sanskrit of Savitri Latikakhya), Published by Savitri Prakashan Samati, Baroda, Price Rs. 150/-, Page : 105
Famous episode of Sävitri is narrated in Savitri Satak written by Jaydev Jani. As the name indicates, this episode is woven or knit in 101 metrical verses. Autocommentary is composed on it in Sanskrit language. 30 pages in English in the beginning represent the story of Sāvitrī, its history and comparative information of the tale.
Second part of the book comprises original text in Sanskrit, its commentary and the third part of the book contains original verses in Roman script and criticism in English language. Thus, the entire book is very useful to the students of Sanskrit language and to the reader of the episode. Nowadays very few books are published in Sanskrit language. At this juncture the author's efforts for giving us this book are really praiseworthy and commendable.
Bhagavatīcūrņi - edited by Rupendra Kumar Pagariya, L. D. Institute of Indology, L. D. Series 130, Ahmedabad-9, 2002 price Rs. 135.00, page 120.
One of the brilliant publications of the Prakrit language in the beginning of the twenty first century is the Bhagavatīcūrņī of Sthavirācārya edited by Pt. Rupendra Kumar Pagariya. This Cūrni of the Bhagavatīsutra is a rare one and its publication has enriched the Jaina Agama literature on the one hand, and the Prakrit literature on the other. Pt. Rupendra Kumar Pagariya is an able editor and has edited many Prakrit texts from original manuscripts. The Prakrit text is reliable and the Prakrit language presented here gives in many ways the true picture of the language. The language of the text is very near to Māhārāstri, although the change of k to g lends us to believe that it is Ardhamāgadhi. The retension of intervocalic in words like kajjati, sambhavati, ogahati etc. shows that the Prakrit language does not seem to be archaic. As the edition is a good one, I recommend the text to every lover of Prakrit.
Satya Ranjan Banerjee
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