नराभरणम् /5
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PREFACE
As early as the study of the greater productions in Sanskrit
began, interest in the minor works also arose. Side by side with
editing and translating the major texts, early Indologists thought
of bringing to light the short poems, plays, lyrics of love and
devotion etc., the laghu kaāvyas which were in abundance in
Sanskrit literature, through collections of these published
periodically.
The earliest effort in this line seems to be "The Neeti
Sunkhulun" a collection of minor Nīti works, in Bengali script
(Serampore Press, 1831). The next is the well-known "Kaāvya-
saṁgraha, a Sanskrit anthology being a collection of best smaller
poems in Sanskrit language" brought out by the missionary
Dr John Hæberlin (W. Thacker & Co., Calcutta, 1847). In 1850,
Giriscandra Vidyaratna brought out the Śatakāvaliī (Samkrita
Press, Calcutta). In 1869, Dinanatha Nyayaratna re-published
Hæberlin's anthologies; and based on the same and with some
additions, Jivananda Vidyasagar brought out his Kāvyasaṁgraha in
1872 (2nd edition 1886; 3rd, 1888). Bholanatha Mukhopadhyaya
compiled the Kāvyaratnasārasamgraha in 1876 (Kavitāratnākara
Press, Calcutta).
The above ventures were from Calcutta. In Bombay, the
first effort in this direction was the Kāvyakalāpa (Ganpat
Krishnaji's Press, 1864). From the Gopal Narayan Co.'s Press,
Bombay, appeared in 1887-1891 the series of minor works called
the Grantharatnamālā. But the best known of all such serial
publications of collections of minor works is the Kāvyamālā
Gucchakas of the Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay, of which fourteen
parts appeared, offering in all 131 works.
The Pandit (Kāsi-vidyā-sudhānidhi), Banaras, started in 1866,
presented some shorter texts but it concentrated on Śāstraic
works and longer treatises. Serial publications of critical editions
of larger treatises were started in many centres in India and in
fact that was one of the main forms that Sanskrit studies and
research took at the turn of the present century and during its
early decades.
As early as the study of the greater productions in Sanskrit
began, interest in the minor works also arose. Side by side with
editing and translating the major texts, early Indologists thought
of bringing to light the short poems, plays, lyrics of love and
devotion etc., the laghu k
Sanskrit literature, through collections of these published
periodically.
The earliest effort in this line seems to be "The Neeti
Sunkhulun" a collection of minor Nīti works, in Bengali script
(Serampore Press, 1831). The next is the well-known "K
saṁgraha, a Sanskrit anthology being a collection of best smaller
poems in Sanskrit language" brought out by the missionary
Dr John Hæberlin (W. Thacker & Co., Calcutta, 1847). In 1850,
Giriscandra Vidyaratna brought out the Śatakāval
Press, Calcutta). In 1869, Dinanatha Nyayaratna re-published
Hæberlin's anthologies; and based on the same and with some
additions, Jivananda Vidyasagar brought out his Kāvyasaṁgraha in
1872 (2nd edition 1886; 3rd, 1888). Bholanatha Mukhopadhyaya
compiled the Kāvyaratnasārasamgraha in 1876 (Kavitāratnākara
Press, Calcutta).
The above ventures were from Calcutta. In Bombay, the
first effort in this direction was the Kāvyakalāpa (Ganpat
Krishnaji's Press, 1864). From the Gopal Narayan Co.'s Press,
Bombay, appeared in 1887-1891 the series of minor works called
the Grantharatnamālā. But the best known of all such serial
publications of collections of minor works is the Kāvyamālā
Gucchakas of the Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay, of which fourteen
parts appeared, offering in all 131 works.
The Pandit (Kāsi-vidyā-sudhānidhi), Banaras, started in 1866,
presented some shorter texts but it concentrated on Śāstraic
works and longer treatises. Serial publications of critical editions
of larger treatises were started in many centres in India and in
fact that was one of the main forms that Sanskrit studies and
research took at the turn of the present century and during its
early decades.