उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

UTTARARĀMACHARITA. XIII in the text the reading of Ghanasyama the commentator We, however, depart from the text of Ghanasyama, wherever other readings appear better to us or in some cases in prose passages. Out of the four editions mentioned above, those of Vidyasagara and Mr Ghate are closely allied, while Mr Kale generally follows the Nirnaya sagara edition It will be seen that Ghanasyama's text also is in most places the same as that of the Nirnaya sagara edition As our object was to present a tolerably correct text to the University student, we did not think it necessary to note each and every variance among the several printed editions and have not therefore collated a large number of manuscripts The words of the text that are explained in the commentary have been put in thick type in order to draw the attention of the student. On each page of the text is given the citation of the Act and the verse with which the page end VI Commentaries The only commentaries available on this side of India were that of Vīrarāghava issued by the Nirnayasagara press and the one included in Vidyasagara's edition We have been fortunate enough to secure a transcript of the commentary of Ghanasyama through the kindness of Mr Varadachari, Librarian of the Government Oriental Mss. Library at Madras We are informed by Mr Ganapati Sastri of Trivan- drum that there is another commentary at Trivandrum by a pupil of Narayanabhatta. A few remarks about Ghanasyama must be made here He furnishes us with a good deal of information about him- self in the introductory verses to his commentary and the colophons at the end of the first and seventh Acts He seems to have been a Maharashtra (Desastha) Brahmana His surname was Chaunde (Chaunde?) He belonged to the Mauna—Bhargava Gotra. His grandfather's name was Balaji His mother and father were respectively called Kashi and Mahadeva His maternal grand father was Timmaji Balaji of the Kaundinya Gotra He was the younger brother of Sakambhari and Chidambara, the latter of whom is styled Paramahamsa. Ghanasyama had two wives, Sundari and Kamala. In the introduction the author furnishes us