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History and Sanskrit by making available to them a new text, hitherto unknown and unpublished.
Annuals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona Vol. XXXVII, 1957
3-Ishwarvilasa Mahakavyam-by Kavikalanidhi Krishna Bhatt, ed. by Shri Mathuranatha Bhatt, Sahityacharya, Jaipur.
The publication of an 18th century poem of Krishna Bhatt, a Jaipur-court bard, brings out interesting fact that the 'Ashvamedha Yajna' was organised by rulers to assert their supremacy over neighbouring princes as late as 200 years ago.
Bhatt in his book 'Ishwarviläsa Kavya' describes the 'Ashvamedha Yajna' performed by his friend and master Raja Ishwari Singh some time after he ascended the Amber gaddi in 1743 on the death of his father Sawai Jai Singh II, who founded Jaipur.
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P. K. GODE, M. A., D. Litt.
Bhatt himself attended the Yajna. Besides describing the "Yajna' in detail, he names the persons who witnessed the
cermony.
7th November, 1959.
4-Classified List of Manuscripts Pt. II-ed by Shri G.N. Bahura M.A. Dy. Director Rajasthan Oriental Research Inst. Jodhpur.
Director Indian Institute, Paris 16th. Feb. 1960
A. All students in Indology will be glad to consult this excellent catalogue, containing many rare and precious Sanskrit works.
Journal of
The Oriental Institute, Baroda.
December. 1960
TIMES OF INDIA
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B. It is evident from the list that the Institute possesses a rich collection of Sanskrit Manuscripts on almost all subjects and branches of learning cultivated in ancient India, and also a large number of Prakrit, Rajasthani, Old Gujarati and Hindi manuscripts, and these lists will undoubtedly prove to be important tools of research to scholars doing textual work in Sanskrit and derived languages.
For Private & Personal Use Only
LOUIS RENOU
B. J. SANDESARA
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