Vicradipa of Bhagavatkavi: A Critical Study

Language: Sanskrit Text with English Translation
Pages: 374






















About the Book

 

Vicaradipa
is a small but compact and peculiar sastraic work
(a vada- grantha) by Bhagavat Kavi Bhatta on the subject of sabdasakti. It is found in a single manuscript
in Chunilal Gandhi Vidya Bhavan Surat, a reputed research institute
which has preserved nearly 1600 Sanskrit manuscripts. The present work contains
a critical edition of Vicaradipa text, an
introduction, trans- lation and its critical study.
It introduces Bhagavat Kavi
Bhatta, a learned but hitherto unknown scholar who
lived between 18th and 19th centuries in Gujarat and thus throws a new light on
the meritorious contribution of Gujarat to Sanskrit sastra literature.

 

About the Author

 

Dr.
Nina Bhavnagari is a lecturer in Sanskrit at M. T.B.
Arts college, Sural. She
took her Post graduate degree (Alankarasastra) with
first class from South Gujarat University in 1974, and was awarded M.P. Dave
Gold Medal for standing first class first in the university. This research
project earned her Ph.D. degree from M.S. University of Baroda. She has
presented many research papers in seminars and conferences of national level
and they are published in reputed journals and magazines like journal of OR! Baroda, Svadhyaya, etc. Four books
of Dr. Bhavnagari have been already published in
Gujarati.

 

Foreword

 

It
gives me great pleasure in writing this foreword. This work contains the
critically edited Sanskrit text with English translation and notes. Dr. Nina Bhavnagari has also added a detailed introduction to it.

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