Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in Rajasthan ORI Part 02 C

Author(s): Jinvijay
Publisher: Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute Jodhpur

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apprised of the works and activities of the Rajasthan Oriental Researcha Institute in laipur, he visited the Institute, inspected and studied the method of preservation and use of manuscripts collected there, he could have no better choice than to deposit the valuable treasure of his father in the Institute for the free use of the scholars devoted to research work. Ultimately in 1957 he donated the manuscripts to the Institute, a complete list of which, in Devanagri script, was brought out by the Institute in the year 1961. This volume deals with the details of 560 Sanskrit and Prakrit works of the same collection.
The second collection has been donated by Shrimatis Subhadradevi and Saubhagyadevi, the widowed daughters-in-law of the late Pt. Lakshminathji Dadhich Shastri, who was a devoted scholar of Sanskrit literature and worked as a Professor of Sahitya in the Maharaja's Sanskrit College, Jaipur for 34 years He possessed a very good collection of Sanskrit manuscripts including many original works written by his father Shri Gopinathji Dadhich, who had earned a great name during his life-time for his poetical compositions. Many of the works are still unpublished. A few of them namely, Madhava Svatantryam Natak, Anandanandan Mahakavya, Niti Panchashika, Samtosh Panchashika, Vairagya r'anchasika, Suta-janma-Mahotsava, Upadeshamrit Ghati, Svanubbavasar, Samaya Parivartan and Satya Vijaya Natak (Hindi) are worth mentioning here.
After the death of the late Pt. Lakshminathji in 2001 V. S. the collection remained lying in his house uncared for. In the year 1960 Pt. Chhatradhar Sharma, Sahityacharya, a relative of the late Pt. Lakshminathji advised his daughters-in-law to donate the collection to the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute and thus to make it available for the best use of the scholars. They adhered to his advice and willingly donated the manuscripts to the Institute. This volume contains details of 556 manuscripts of this collection.
The donor of the third collection is Shri Vishvanath Sharadanandan. He comes of the respectable Maharashtriya Pandit family of Shri Mahadeva Deekshita, who had come to Jaipur from Kashi, six generations ago. Here he became a protégé of Rajaguru Vishveshvar Paundarik, the son of famous Ratnakar Paundarik, who was the Guru of Sawai Jaisingh and the compiler of the famous work, Jayasingh Kalpadrum. Being pleased with the knowledge of Shastras possessed by Mahadeva Deekshita, Shri Vishveshwar Paundarik owned him as his Guru and offered the title of “Sharadanandan” (Son of the Goddess of Learning . Since then, this title continues in the family. The present