काव्यमीमांसा (महाकवि राजशेखर - कवि-रहस्य एवं देश-विभाग सटीक)

PREFACE. XI not in a good state of preservation.¹ It is a matter for regret that the valuable treasures of this Bhaṇḍār—one of the most important Bhaṇḍārs—are not accessible even to Jain Sādhus. The work of editing from such insufficient materials was somewhat difficult, but we have tried our utmost to make the best of the materials that were available, and have ventured to bring to light this important work of a famous writer in Sanskrit literature. We have to thank the keepers of both these Bhaṇḍārs for lending their MSS. and especially Sheth Vāḍilāl Hirachand, the keeper of the Bhaṇḍār of the Wāḍi Pārśwanāth's temple, for putting at our disposal the rarest MSS. of the Bhaṇḍār for publication in the Gaekwad's Oriental Series. Our hearty thanks are also due to Pravartaka Kāntivijayaji for helping us in pro- curing the MSS. 1 The late Mr. Dalal, subsequent to the publication of this book, paid a visit to Jesalmer and collated the text with this palm-leaf MS. Variant readings have been incorporated in the present edition and this MS. is termed as C. It consists of two works (1) काव्यमीमांसा and (2) कविरहस्य comprising 90 and 74 leaves respectively and is 11" x 2" in size. The colophon of काव्यमीमांसा runs as:—‘संवत् १२१६ वर्षे फाल्गुन वदि १ सोमदिने’—B. B.