Candralekhāvijaya Prakaraṇa : A Discovery of an Island of Dramatic Excellence

(Candralekhāvijaya Prakaraṇa has been edited and published by Śrī Pradyumnasūriji from a single inanuscript procured from the collection of Muniśrī Punyavijayji. The play is referred to in the manuscript-collection of Dr. Bühler and in the History of Classical Sanskrit literature by M. Krishnamachariar. But it sees the ray of daylight for the first time due

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विजय पाण्ड्या देवचन्द्रगणि कृत 'चन्द्रलेखाविजय प्रकरण' का परिचय देते हैं, जिसे प्रद्युम्नसूरि ने मुनि पुण्यविजयजी के संग्रह की एकमात्र प्रति से सम्पादित किया है। वे विजय, चन्द्रलेखा और आहितात्मा राक्षसी की कथा बताते हैं, कवि की संस्कृत-प्राकृत पकड़ सराहते हैं, पर मन्त्र-विवरण से नाट्यगति रुकने की शिकायत करते हैं। Pandya introduces Devacandragani's Candralekhavijaya Prakarana, edited by Pradyumnasuri from a single manuscript in the Punyavijaya collection. He summarises the plot of Vijaya, Candralekha and the demoness Ahitatma, praises the author's Sanskrit and Prakrit, and faults the long mantra expositions that halt the action.

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