Variants From Veṇīsamhāra and The Kāvyaprakās'a of Mammaṭa

The problem of text-criticism is an all important one so far as the Sanskrit Classical works, especially literary ones, are concerned. Dr. Rewaprasad has attempted it with the works of Kälidāsa. A similar attempt is awaiting with other literary works such as those of Bhavabhūti, Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa, Vis'ākhadatta, Bāṇa etc. A fresh angle is presented in

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जागृति पाण्ड्या मम्मट के काव्यप्रकाश में उद्धृत वेणीसंहार के पद्यों का पाठ भट्टनारायण के नाटक के निर्णयसागर, चौखम्बा, पूना, मद्रास, गजेन्द्रगडकर और देशपाण्डे संस्करणों तथा काव्यप्रकाश की चौदह टीकाओं से मिलाती हैं। प्रत्येक पद्य के पाठभेद क्रमशः दर्ज करते हुए वे संस्कृत पाठालोचन की दिशा में योगदान करती हैं। Pandya collates the Venisamhara verses quoted by Mammata in the Kavyaprakasa against the Nirnaya Sagara, Chowkhamba, Poona, Madras, Gajendragadkar and Deshpande editions of Bhattanarayana's play and against fourteen commentaries on the Kavyaprakasa, recording every variant verse by verse as a contribution to Sanskrit text-criticism.

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