Fresh Light on Bhamaha vivarana

Till recently Udbhata'a commentary on the Karyalaṁkāra of Bhāmaha, generally known as Bhamaha-vwarana (BV) was presumed to have been lost beyond recovery In 1962, however, Gnoli published some fragments from this commentary¹ Gnoli's identification of his publication with BV was doubted by Dr Raghavan a In his paper on Punaruktavadabbasa³ Dr K Krishnamoorthy came to

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कुलकर्णी ग्नोली के उस दावे का समर्थन करते हैं कि १९६२ में प्रकाशित खण्डित अंश उद्भट का लुप्त 'भामहविवरण' ही हैं। वे कल्पलताविवेक के लगभग बारह अवतरण उद्धृत कर क्षतिग्रस्त पंक्तियों का पुनर्निर्माण करते हैं और भामह के न्यायनिर्णय अध्याय के शुद्ध पाठ प्रस्तुत करते हैं। Kulkarni supports Gnoli's claim that the fragments published in 1962 are Udbhata's lost Bhamaha-vivarana. He quotes about a dozen passages from the Kalpalataviveka which repeat, and so restore, the mutilated lines, and recovers genuine readings of the fifth chapter of Bhamaha, the Nyayanirnaya.

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