Some Doubtful Readings in Kuvalayamala

The publication of the Kuvalayamala of Uddyotanasari, a Prakt narrative, has justly been acclaimed as one of the most important serviças to the field of Prakrit studies The celebrated editor Dr A. N. Upadhye has spared no pains to present the text with his usual thoroughness There are, however, a few readings open to doubt

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ठाकुर उपाध्ये द्वारा सम्पादित उद्योतनसूरि की कुवलयमाला के कुछ पाठों के स्थान पर विकल्प सुझाते हैं। अन्यत्र अप्राप्य 'फरवेड्ड' को वे 'फरखेड्ड' अर्थात् ढाल-तलवार से लड़ने की कला पढ़ते हैं, जिसका समर्थन ग्रन्थ में ही मिलता है, और दुर्जन-वर्णन की एक गाथा में संशोधन करते हैं। Thakur proposes alternatives to a few readings in the edition of the Kuvalayamala of Uddyotanasuri by A. N. Upadhye. The unattested pharavedda he would read as pharakhedda, fighting with shield and sword, a sense the text supports elsewhere, and he emends a verse describing a wicked man.

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