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INTRODUOTION
Bhātavadekar; Bombay [Ganpat Kršņāji ], 1872; second edition used for
groups I and II. ss - Subhāşitasāgara = BORI 424/1899-1915. First 2 fol. missing, Test
numbered to 48; prsthamåtrās throughout, title doubtful. A. Jain
anthology, divided into 77 "adhikāras." SSD. = Subhāşitasuradruma of Keladi Basavappa Nayaka. BORI 228 of the
later additions. Confirmed by a later M8 in BU. Another is reported at Srigeri by Lewis Rice, Cat. Skt. MSS in Mysore and Coorg (Bangalore 1884), nos. 2271-2 (Palm-leaf, Nandināgari). For the compiler of this largest known unpublished anthology. cf. P. K. Gode, Bhāratiya Vidyā III, 1941, pp. 40-45. The third section is missing in the two paper MSS cited above. Folios separately numbered for each section. I hope to edit the whole work some day from Nandinägars codices at Srigeri. A rapid examination of these shows not only the existence of the rather spicy third section, hitherto missing, but also proves the author's intention to complete
the work in five sections. The two paper MSS contain sections I, II, IV. SSV. - Sārasūktāvali, BORI 1492/1886-92, dated samvat 1650. Compiled
by Śrī Municandragaại, written by Pt. Sivahamsa. This may be taken as the prototype of most Jain anthologies, including the published pothi form edition from unknown sources: Srimatpūrvācāryasamkalitā Sūktimuk.
valih, pub. Jivancand Sākarcand Javeri, Bombay NSP 1922. ST. - Sabhātarangah of Jagannātha Misra (cf. P. K. Gode, New Ind Anti.
quary I, 1939 pp. 681-685). Basis BORI 416/1884-87; other somewhat variant) MSS, BORI 594/1891-95 dated samvat 1800; BORI 107/1919-24;
BORI 852/1895-1902. The work is divided into 47 or more sections. SU = BORI 527/1887-91, indexed as “Subhāşita", but actually the
Slokasamgraha of Maņirāma Dīkşita, court poet of Rājā Todarmal. First three folios lost, ends at fol. 98a, with stanza numbered 1600 Authors
systematically cited. Vs. - Vidyākarasahasrakam; a 19th century anthology of Sanskrit
verses from Mithila, by Vidyākara Miśra; ed. Umesh Misra; Allahabad [University Publications, Skt. Series II ] 1942.
1.4 The Manuscript Apparatus. Brief descriptions are given here of those MSS collated for groups I and II. Abbreviations used for sources of MSS are given at the beginning of this Introduction. Further details of the MSS will be fou descriptive catalogues, reports, or lists of the various institutions where they are housed. All MSS, unless otherwise specified, are of the complete three centuries in order N-S-V, on paper in devanāgari script. For sloka order see the synoptic chart.
A version is taken as located in the region where its codices occur in greatest concentration. If, in addition, geographically neighbouring versions show parallel sloka order and readings, the locality may be taken as the most likely place of origin.
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