Studies in Indian Literary History

by P. K. God | 1953 | 355,388 words

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Summary: The book "Studies in Indian Literary History" is explores the intricate tapestry of Indian literature, focusing on historical chronology and literary contributions across various Indian cultures, including Hinduism (Brahmanism), Jainism, and Buddhism. Through detailed bibliographies and indices, the book endeavors to provide an encyclopedic account and analysis of Sanskrit literature's evolution and its influential figures. The book further aims to aid future scholars in reconstructing the narrative of India's literary past, serving as an essential resource for those interested in Indic studies.

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+ Volume 1 (1945)

. Shri Bahadur Singhji Singhi

. General Editor’s Foreword

. 1. References to the Caitragaccha in Inscriptions and Literature

. 2. The Bhagavadgita in the pre-Shankaracharya Jain Sources

. 3. Date of Malayagirisuri

. 4. Mammata and Hemacandra

. 5. The Oldest Dated Manuscript of the Desinamamala

. 6. Date of Natyadarpana of Ramachandra

. 7. Identification of Kutulakhana Mentioned by Jinaprabha Suri

. 8. Date of Natakalaksanaratnakosa of Sagaranandin

. 9. Date of Visvalocanakosa of Sridharasena

. 10. The Genealogy of Mandana

. 11. The Oldest Dated Manuscript of Punjaraja’s Commentary

. 12. Exact Date of Amarakirti

. 13. A Commentary on the Vagbhatalamkara

. 14. Date of Meghavijayagani’s Commentary on the Hastasanjivana

. 15. A Contemporary Manuscript of the Hastasanjivana-Bhasya

. 16. The Chronology of Sadanandagani’s Commentary

. 17. Date of Saravali of Kalyanavarman

. 18. Date of the Grammarian Bhimasena

. 19. The Date of Mahaksapanaka’s Anekarthadhvanimanjari

. 20. A Lost Medical Treatise by Kharanada (or Kharanadi)

. 21. The Leaf of the Kharanada-Nyasa Newly Discovered at Gilgit

. 21a. Works and Authors mentioned in Candrata’s Yogaratna-Samuccaya

. 22. Jayadeva, a writer on Prosody referred to by Abhinavagupta

. 23. Manuscripts of Commentaries on the Kautaliya Arthasastra

. 23a. Indu’s commentary on the Ashtanga-samgraha of Vagbhata I

. 25, 26. Date of Kedarabhatta’s Vrittaratnakara

. 27. Vagbhata, the author of the Astanga-hrdaya and his Commentators

. 28. Brahmadeva’s Commentary on the Siddhayoga of Vrinda

. 29. Date of Rakshasa Kavya or Kavyarakshasa

. 30. The Date of the Kalikapurana

. 31. The Date of the Sangita Chudamani

. 32. Vyavaharamanjari, an unknown work of Bhojaraja on Dharmashastra

. 33,34. Subhuticandra’s Commentary on the Amarakosa

. 35. Date of Anandabodha Yati (the author of Nyayamakaranda)

. 36. Anandabodha’s Authorship of Nyayadipika

. 37. The Guru of Anandabodha

. 38. The oldest Dated manuscript of the Kavyaprakasha

. 39. Date of the Gunapataka

. 39. Identification of the Siddharaja-Saras

. 40. Vidyadhara, the author of the Sahityavidyadhari

. 41. Vishvadarsha and its Commentary Vivarana by Kavikanta Sarasvati

. 42. The Dates of Narayana Dikshita and other Commentators

. 43. Some new Evidence for the Date of the Lexicon Medini

. 44. The Genealogy of the Taka Kings of Kashtha

. 45. Studies in the History of Indian Cosmetics of a rare and Perfumery

. 46. Janardana’s Commentary on the Raghuvamsa

. 47. Arunadatta and Hemadri

. 48. Date of Vimalabodha’s Commentary on the Mahabharata

. 49. References to Persian Oil in the Vikramankadeva Carita

. 50. Date of Vangasena, the Author of the Cikitsasara samgraha

. 51. Date of Vyavaharanirnaya of Varadaraja

. 52. The Commentary of Caturbhuja Misra on the Amarushataka

. 53. Date of the Rajavinoda of Udayaraja

. 54, 54. Date of Jagaddhara, the Commentator of the Malatimadhava

. 55a. Date of the Hathayogapradipika of Svatmarama Muni

. 56. The Uddiyana Bandha of Hatha-yoga I

. 57. Date Of Dhaneshvara’s Commentary On Bana’s Candishataka

. 58. References to a lost Work on the Patiganita of Shridharacarya

. 59. Chronology of the Commentators of the Mahabharata

. 59. Chronology of the Commentators of the Mahabharata

. 61. A Commentary on the Naishadhiya-Carita by Lakshmanabhatta

. 62. Date of Raghavabhatta

. 63. Historical and Geographical Names in the Lakshmanotsava

. 64. The Date of Bhanudatta, the Author of the Rasamanjari

. 65. The identity of the two Bhanudattas

. 66. Date of Anandapurna, the Commentator of the Mahabharata

. 67. Gangadasa, the Author of the Chandomanjari

. 68. Godavaramisra of Orissa and his Works

. 69. Dates of the Works of Kayastha Camunda

. 70. Date of the Vishnu-bhakti-kalpalata of Purushottama

. 71. The Kamasamuha of Ananta

. Index (of first volume)

. Subject-Index (of first volume)

+ Volume 2 (1954)

. General Editor’s Foreword (Volume 2)

. Postscript by the general editor (Volume 2)

. Introduction (Volume 2)

. 1. Oldest dated Manuscript of Sayana’s Commentary on the Samaveda

. 2. Texts sanctioning the Study of Yoga by Women

. 3. Date of Sarasvatapradipa of Bhatta Dhaneshvara

. 4. Yogacintamani of Shivananda Sarasvati

. 5. Identification of Virabhanu, the Patron of the Poet Bhanukara

. 6. The Date of Vadirajatirtha

. 7. The identity of Apadeva

. 8. Aryabhata’s theory of the Diurnal Motion of the Earth

. 9. Date of the Prayascitta-candrika of Visvanatha-Bhatta

. 10. Date of Subhasitamuktavali

. 12. Shringara-kallola, a Love-poem by Rayabhatta

. 13. The Vedabhasyasara of Bhattoji Diksita

. 14. Lolimbaraja and His Works

. 15. The Shringaralapa Manuscript

. 16. The Chronology of the Works of Mahidhara

. 17. The Akashabhairava-Kalpa

. 18. Sabaji Prataparaja and His Works

. 19. Date of Rasakadambakallolini, a Commentary by Bhagavaddasa

. 20. Manuscripts of the Tantrasara of Krishnananda Vagisha

. 21. Date of the Asvacikitsita of Nakula

. 22. Date of Sridharasvamin (commentator on the Bhagavata Purana)

. 23. Chronology of a Nagara Brahmin Family of Physicians in Gujarat

. 24. Date of Vasudeva’s Commentary on the Vasavadatta

. 25. Bhaskara Bhatta’s Work on Anatomy called the Sharira-Padmini

. 26. Vishvanatha Vaidya, the Author of the Kosakalpataru

. 27. The Date of the Advaitabrahmasiddhi of Sadananda Kasmiraka

. 28. Quotations from the Shringara-Sanjivini of Harideva Misra

. 29. A Rare Manuscript of the Sloka-Samgraha Anthology

. 30. Maruta-mandana of Vanamalin and its Date

. 31. The manuscript of the Advaita-Siddhikhandana

. 32. Vidyavilasa, a commentary on the Siddhanta-Kaumudi

. 33. Sanskrit and Hindi Works of Maharaja Vishvanathasimha

. 34. Visvanatha Mahadeva Ranade

. 35. Prabhakarabhatta, the Brother of Ratnakarabhatta

. 36. Krishna Kavi, the Author of Ishvaravilasa Kavya

. 37-39. The Ashvamedha Sacrifice performed by Sawai Jai Singh

. 40. Varadaraja, a Pupil of Bhattoji Diksita and his Works

. 41. The Historical Background of the Cimani-Carita

. 42. Date of Padyarachana of Lakshmana-Bhatta Ankolkar

. 43. Some Verses about the Kayastha-Parabhus

. 44. Bernier and Kavindracarya Sarasvati at the Mughal Court

. 45. A Topical Analysis of the Bhojana-Kutuhala

. 46, 47. Raghunatha, a Protege of Queen Dipabai of Tanjore

. 48. A Rare Manuscript of Janardana Mahodaya

. 49. A Contemporary Manuscript of the Bhojana Kutuhala

. 50. The Samudra-Sangama by Dara Shukoh

. 51. The Identification of Gosvami Nrsimhashrama

. 52. The tradition about Liaison of Jagannatha Panditaraja

. 53. The Influence of Jagannatha Panditaraja

. 54. Nilakantha Sukla (the Pupil of Bhattoji Diksita)

. 55. Genealogy and Descendants of Nilakantha Caturdhara

. 56. The Works of Nilakantha Caturdhara

. 57. The identity of Vanchesvara alias Kutti Kavi

. Index (of second volume)

. Subject-Index (of second volume)

+ Volume 3 (1956)

. Foreword (Volume 3)

. Preface (Volume 3)

. 1. The Gandhasara of Gangadhara

. 2. Vanamali Misra (a Pupil of Bhattoji Diksita)

. 3. Some Authors of the Arde Family and their Chronology

. 4. A Contemporary Manuscript of Bhanuji Diksita’s Vyakhyasudha

. 5. The Kavikaustubha by Raghunatha Manohara

. 6. Karpuriya Shivadatta and his Medical Treatises

. 7. Exact Date of the Advaitasudha of Lakshmana Pandita

. 8, 9. Fragments of Poems pertaining to King Sambhu, Son of Shivaji

. 10. The Date of the Kayasthaparabhudharmadarsa of Nilakantha Suri

. 11. Upanisadbrahmayogin and Hathayogapradipika

. 12. Date of Sabhavinoda of Daivajna Damodara

. 13. Harikavi alias Bhanubhatta (a Court-Poet of King Sambhaji)

. 14. Date of Sabhyalamkarana (an Anthology by Govindajit)

. 15. Date of Kesavabhatta of Punyastambha

. 16. Chronology of Dharmapradipa and Bhojavyakarana

. 17. Paleographic Imagery in the Text of the Mahimnastotra

. 18. Studies in the History of Dietetics

. 19. An Echo of the Siege of Jinji in a Sanskrit Grammatical Work

. 20. Names of Horses recorded between A.D. 1000 and 1200

. 21. A Rare Manuscript of Ramacandracandrodaya

. 22. The musicial talents of Tanasena

. 23. Vastu-shiromani, a work on Architecture by Samkara

. 24. The Contact of Bhattoji Diksita

. 25. The Chronology of the Works of Kondabhatta

. 26. The Relative Chronology of some Works of Nagojibhatta

. 27. Date of Vasudeva’s Commentary on the Karpuramanjari

. 28. Some Puranic Extracts quoted by Apararka

. Index (of third volume)

. Subject-Index (of third volume)

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