काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

FOREWORD The famous English “Translation” of Kavya-Prakāsha by late Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. Sir Ganganatha Jha had been out of print for the last several years and the scholars from all over the world have been persistently craving for its re-issue. The same is being done with the concurrence of Dr. Adityanath Jha, Vacaspati, I. C. S. Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi, the only surviving son of the illus- trious translator. Although Sir Ganganatha Jha called his work merely a translation in all humility, it is really a highly learned commentary as well, since attempt has been made here not only for reproduction in English of the Sanskrit text and commentary, but also towards their further elucidation, and for this the illustrious savant has supported his stand by references to different authorities and by providing supple- mentary notes. Although the work, as published hitherto, did not contain the text in the present edition the same has been added for the convenience of the readers. Dr Jha had said in the previous editions that he had followed the text of Vāmanī, but at so many places it is not so, and so effort has been made to present the readings as followed by the learned translator, and not that by Vāmanāchārya. In the meantime a copy of the manuscript of the Kāvya Prakāsha- Kārikā was discovered in the Saraswati Bhavana Library, Varanasi. Its opening stanza is significant in as much as it mentions expressly that Mammata was the Vṛttikāra, without mentioning about his being the author of the Kārikā In addition the stanza, in which Śānta is mentioned as a Rasa ( 31 ), is missing in this manuscript. The writer of this manuscript has in another stanza, where Śānta ( 26 ) is mentioned in other manuscripts, a text that does not have the word śānta. In the present edition not only the Kārikās have been reproduced, but the readings where this manuscript differs from those of Vāmanāchārya have also been mentioned. While effort has been made to preserve the method of trans- cription of the translator, a deviation has been made, especially in respect of the anusvāra. Dr. Jha had m for both म and anusvāra, but