Kṛṣṇakrīḍita of Rāula Kānha - An Old Gujarati Krishnite Poem of the 15th cent., edited for the first time from three Manuscripts

Aa Old Gujarati Krishnite Poem of the 15th cent. edited for the first time from three Manusscripts by H. C. Bhayanı This is an important Old Gujarati poem not later than the 15th cent. A. D. and published here for the first time. The text is based on three MSS, the earliest of which is

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भायाणी तीन हस्तप्रतियों (प्राचीनतम वि. सं. १५७१) के आधार पर राउल कान्ह की एक सौ आठ कड़ियों की प्राचीन गुजराती कृति का सम्पादन करते हैं; अन्तिम नौ पद्य संस्कृत में हैं। भाषा की परम्परा के विपरीत यह शार्दूलविक्रीडित में है। इसमें कृष्ण की क्रीड़ा, रासलीला तथा वस्त्रहरण वर्णित हैं। Bhayani edits, from three manuscripts the earliest dated Vikrama 1571, an Old Gujarati poem of 108 stanzas by Rāula Kānha, the last nine in Sanskrit. Unusually for the language it is in śārdūlavikrīḍita. It describes Kṛṣṇa's love sports, the rāsa and vastraharaṇa episodes, and the poet's devotion.

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