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Mūlaśuddhi-prakarana (in 2 volumes) edited by Acarya Dharma Dhurandharasuri and Pt. Amrtalal Mohanlal Bhojak, Sardabahen Cimanbhai Educational Research Centre, Ahmedabad-380 004, 2002, price Vol. I. Rs. 250.00; Vol. II. Rs. 250.00.
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The Mulaśuddhi-prakarana of Pradyumna Sūri written in the eleventh century is a jain religious text in Prakrit. The text contains many religious tales and narratives and from that point of view it is a type of Kathakoṣa. This edition of the text is superb and it is nicely printed with a good quality of paper. Both the editors deserve special thanks for this edition. The Prakrit language is faithfully represented for which the editors are to be congratulated. The commentary is interspersed with numerous slokas written in Prakrit and Sanskrit. These slokas are sometimes collected from different literature, such as, Sanskrit Kavyas and dramas. All these slokas from different Sanskrit and Prakrit literature will show how the jains were Catholic-minded in selecting ślokas.
Abhidha by Tapasvi Nandi, L. D. Institute of Indology, L. D. Series 131, Ahmedabad-380 009, 2002, Price Rs. 120.00
The Abhidha, a treatise of 76 pages of quarto size, is a remarkable contributions to the field of literary criticism, particularly to the category of meaning. This monograph contains the lectures delivered by Professor Nandi at the L. D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad. In this treatise, the author has discussed Abhidha from rhetorical point of view. The treatment of the subject is historical. It transpires from the preface of the writer that this is a small portion of his bigger project on "Thought-currents in Indian Literary Criticism". We all hope that when the whole work is published it will be a great contribution to the history of Sanskrit Alamkāra literature. In the words of the author, "Abhidha
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is the power of word yielding the expressed or conventional sense." The view is upheld by Anandavardhana, Abhinavagupta and Mammața and subsequently followed by Hemacandra, Vidyadhara, Viśvanatha, Appayadikṣita and Jagannatha. The analysis of the subject is remarkable and proves the critical accumen of the author. I am sure that the readers will be much benefited by reading this monograph.
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