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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 Indologis's thought
&apos;s thought
of bringing to light the short poems, plays, lyrics of love and

devotion etc., the laghu kavyas which were in abundance in

Sanskrit literature, through collections of these published

periodically.
 

The earliest effort in this line seems to be "&quot;The Neeti

Sunkhulun a collection of minor Niti works, in Bengali script

(Serampore Press, 1831). The next is the well-known Kavya-

samgraha, a Sanskrit anthology being a collection of best smaller

poems in Sanskrit language" brought out by the missionary
&quot; brought out by the missionary
Dr John Hæberlin (W. Thacker &amp; Co., Calcutta, 1847). In 1850,

Giriscandra Vidyaratna brought out the Satakavali (Samkrita

Press, Calcutta). In 1869, Dinanatha Nyayaratna re-published

Hæberlin's anthologie&apos;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).
 
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The above ventures were from Calcutta. In Bombay, the

first efiort in this direction was the Kavyakalāpa (Ganpat

Krishnaji'&apos;s Press, 1864). From the Gopal Narayan Co.'&apos;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 Kavyamālā

Gucchakas of the Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay, of which fourteen

parts appeared, offering in all 131 works.
 

The Pandit (Käsi-vidyā-sudhānidhi), Banaras, started in 1866,

presented some shorter texts but it concentrated on Sastraic

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

research took at the turn of the present century and during its
early decades.
 
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