वासवदत्ता (महाकवि सुबन्धु - श्लेष-प्रधान शास्त्रीय गद्यकाव्य सान्वय सटीक)

198 VĀSAVADATTĀ and Dēvanāgarī characters, and, in English, ‘S. Thiruvengadacharuloo, V. Ramasawmy Saustry, O. Vanoogopaloo. N. and Co.’] 1870 sam janvari. Grantha script. 134 pp. (1 p. of kōśas used in the commentary, 1 p. of names of officials, etc., of the press, 4 pp. of summary of story, 128 pp. of text and commentary).¹ vāsavadattā mahākavisubandhuviracitā tripāṭhīśivarāmaracitadarpaṇā- khyaṭīkāsahitā vi. ē. upādhidhāriṇā śrījīvānandavidyāsāgarabhaṭṭācāry- yēṇa saṁskṛtā. kalikātāyām kāvyaprakāśayantrē mudritā. ī° 1874. Dēvanāgarī script. 154 pp. (3d ed., 132 pp., Gōvardhana Press, Cal- cutta, 1907.)² Vāsavadattā of Subandhu. Edited with a Critical Commentary by T. V. Srinivasachariar (Sarasvata — Saranga), Senior Sanskrit Pandit, St. Joseph’s College, Trichinopoly, and an English Introduction by Mr. G. Kas- turiranga Aiyangar, M.A., Lecturer, Mahārāja’s College, Mysore. Dēvanāgarī script. 6 + 17 + 160 pp. St. Joseph’s College Press, Trichinopoly, 1906. Vasavadatta with Commentary by Pandit R. V. Krishnamachariar (Abhinava Bhatta Bana). Dēvanāgarī script. 5 + 66 + 359 pp. Sri Vani Vilas Press, Srirangam, 1906–1908. TRANSLATIONS. Vāsabdattā. Translated into Bangālī by Madun Mohun Tarkālaṅkār. n. p., 1837. [The sole reference to this version which I have been able to find is that by Zenker, Bibliotheca orientalis, 2. 319, Leipzig, 1861. It was inaccessible to Hall, though he knew that it was said to exist (Introd., p. 49).] Hall (Introd., p. 29) states that his epitome of the Vāsavadattā (ib. pp. 29–43) was ‘abridged from a literal version which was first prepared of the entire story.’ The subsequent fortunes of this manuscript transla- tion are unknown to me, and even Mr. Richard Hall, of Wickham Market, Suffolk, the son of Fitzedward Hall, has thus far been unable to trace it (letter of Nov. 27, 1908). The value of this rendering by the first editor of the romance, could it be found, would be too obvious to require further emphasis. ADAPTATIONS. Madanamōhana Tarkālaṅkāra, Vāsavadattā. A Love Tale, in Verse. In Bangālī. 5 + 258 pp. Calcutta, 1863.³ ¹ A copy is possessed by the Library of the India Office, London. ² I have thus far been unable to ascertain the date, pagination, and press of the second edition. ³ A copy is possessed by the Library of the India Office, London.