Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts Part 3 A

SR No.: 018014
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jinvijay
Publisher: Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute Jodhpur
Publication Year: 1963
Total Pages: 624
Language: English
Classification: Catalogue & Catalogue
File Size: 8 MB

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Catalogue of Sanskrit & Prakrit Manuscripts, Pt. III-A (Introduction)
Oriental Research Institute. In these Bhandars some of the manuscripts on paper belong even to the 12th and 13th centuries. A good number of palm-leaf manuscripts belonging to still earlier centuries is the main attraction of this treasure. In antiquity, they perhaps surpass all similar collections in India, and it is said that we have, at present, only a remnant of what was, at one time, a still more splendid collection. The first European to have taken notice of these Bhandars was Col. James Tod the pioneer annalist of Rajasthan. Dr. Buhler and Dr. Jacobi, afterwards, examined, took notices of, and copied out certain import ant manuscripts of these Bhandars. After a long gap of time, work on these manuscripts has been resumed by this Institute. Photo-stat copies of 258 manuscripts comprising 336 works in 27,297 leaves and 7.862 plates have been prepared and preserved. Publication of certain rare manuscripts, available in these Bhandars, such as a complete copy of Bhatta Somesvara's commentary on the 'Kavya Prakasha' of Mammata, a work written on palm-leaf and dated 1158 A.D., not much later than the date of composition of the original work between 1050-1100 A.D., the 'Cakrapani-vijaya Maha-kavya' by Laxmidhara Bhatt, the 'S'abdaratnapradipa', 'Karakasambandhodyota', 'Balsiksha Vyakarana' by Thakkur Sangram Singh and the 'Vrittajatisamuchchaya' of Virhanka, 'Kavidarpana', 'Padartharatnam anjusa' and 'Tripura Bharati Laghustava tika' etc., goes to the credit of the Institute. The 'Cakrapani-vijaya. mahakavya' is the only palm-leaf copy of the work available now. It is a love-tale. The 'Sabdaratnapradipa', as the title suggests, is a work of lexical character, containing several words that yield more than one meaning. The Karakasambandhodyota' is a monograph on the Katantra school of Sanskrit grammar. The 'Vrittajatisamuchchaya' is a work on Prakrit and Sanskrit metres, written by Virhanka about 7th century A.D. The 'Kavidarpana', represents an invaluable phase in the history of middle Indo-Aryan prosodical tradition. Composed about the 14th century A.D., the 'Padartharatna manjusa' of Krishna Bhatta is an important manual of the Vaisheshika school of Philosophy. The 'Tripura Bharati Laghustava' is a devotional poem by Laghuacharya dedicated to Goddess Tripura. An excellent edition of the 'Vasavadatta' a romance by Subandhu has just come out. Many
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