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These Are Four Mss. Of Hemacandra’S Dvyas'Ra Ya Kavya, Which Is Only The First Part Written InSanskrit And Consisting Of 20 Cantos, Of TheAuthor’S Bigger Work On The Life Of His PatronKing Kumarapal Of Gujrat. The Second Part IsWritten In Prakrit And Contains Eight Cantos, AndIs Usually Known By The Name Kumarapalacarita.Dvyas’Raya Kavya With The Commentary OfAbhayatilakagani Is Edited By A. B. KathavateIn Bombay S. Series, Bombay, 1915-1921;Kumarapalacarita, The Second Part, Is Also EditedIn The Same Series, By S. P. Pandit, 1900.According To Winternitz Geschichte, Iii. P. 93,The Poem Could Not Have Been Written BeforeA. D.1163.Abhayatilaka, The Commentator, Was The PupilOf Jines’Varasuri Of The Kharatara -Gaccha. HeComposed The Commentary In Sam. 1312; Cf.Dalal, Jesalmir Cat, Intro. P. 31.Of Our Mss., The First Contains The Whole TextOf The Dvyas’Raya Kavya In 20 Cantos WithAbhayatilaka’S Commentary; The 2Nd ContainsOnly The Text Of Cantos I-Vi; Xiii And Xx; The3Rd Contains The Following Cantos With Commentary:—-I; Ii; I And Ii; Iii; Iv And Xx; The 4ThContains Cantos Iv-Viii With Commentary. |