Vasant Vilas Fagu

Author(s): Madhusudan Chimanlal Modi
Publisher: Rajasthan Prachyavidya Pratishthan Jodhpur

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. Introduction..
Vasanta-Vilāsa Phāgu has attracted the attention of scholars to a considerable degree. It has been edited thrice by the late Prof. K. H. Dhruya. It has been even edited thrice over again by Prof. K. B. Vyāsa. It has been worked upon, as a document of great importance from the viewpoint of Old Gujarāti pictorial art of the 15th century: V. S. and from that viewpoint, it has been studied by Mr. N. C. Mehta. His 'articles have appeared at about three places,1 The scroll Ms. of VasantaVilāsa is: at present with the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington U. S. A. and I have heard from Prof. Brown of Pennsylvania University U. S. A. that it is being edited over again from the angle of pictorial art exhibited by the scroll. In spite of all these. editions and studies, I have also to bring forth this edition for the reasons of my own.
The edited material stands as under :
The late. Prof. K. H. Dhurva's editions are as under : (1) Gujarāta Sālāpatra, April-August 1892.
The edition is based upon the scroll, and does not contain the first six verses. (2) Hāji Mohammad Smāraka Grantha 1923.
• In editing the V. V. again Prof. Dhruya has utilized one more Ms. from the Bhandārkar Oriental Research Institute Poona, termed Ms. B. by Prof. Vyāsa and Ms. in our edition. (3) Prācīna Gurjara Kavya : a collection of the 15th century G. Poems.
The editing is uncritical, and neither the readings from the Ms. materials utilized nor the omissions from and emendations of the utilised Ms. material are explicitly mentioned.
... I need not dwell upon the uncritical nature of the above editions about which much has been written by Prof. K. B. Vyāsa.3 The re-editing 1, N. C. Mehta : (i) Rūpam : April - July : 1925. Nos. 22-23 : Indian
Painting in the 15th Century, an Illuminated Manuscript. (ii) Studies in ... Indian Painting Chapter II; (iii) Gujarātī Painting in the 15th century;
A further essay on Vasanta-Vilāsa (1921). Prof. Dhruva; 'stata
Istan,' has two photo-prints of the paintings of. V. V. Picture-scroll. 2. Sārābhai Nawāb : Jain-Citra-Kalpadruma P. 44-48 for discussion; i see P. 48 end.
. .. . . . 3. K. B. Vyāsa : V. V. (Tripāthi Ed.) Intro, P, V-VIII,