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By
Surfsii Chandra Banerji, Dacca
Among Bengal Smartas, or writers of Smrti, Sfdapani ranks, in
importance, next perhaps only to Jlmutavabana, and, in conse-
quence, a fairly large number of Mss of his works is available.
But, unfortunately, the works of Sulapani liave not yet drawn
sufficient attention of modern Sanskrit scholars. Our knowledge
about him is, therefore, very limited. In an article in the Journal
of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ( Vol. X 1915 ) Manomoiian
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in it, and so on. The real merit and importance of the work lie in the
fact that after discussing the various conflicting opinions as to the
precise time of holding the festival, Sulapani, within a very narrow
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space and in a popular style, clearly sets forth his own independent
views regarding this particular aspect of the festival.
Nothing practically is known about the personal history of
Sfilapani beyond the fact that in the colophons to his works he is
often styled as Sahadiyan (or Sahudiyan) and Mahamahopadhyaya.
The Sahadiyan, as M. Chakravarti points out, was a degraded
section of the Kadhiya Brahmins of Bengal. This, along with the
fact that Rudradhara reiers to him as a Gaudiya, goes to show' that
Sfilapani was a Bengal Brahmin.
The present edition of the text has utilised the following
seven Mss, belonging to the Dacca University Mss Library :
Scribe I :
—faded
Begins with & W
merable marginal corrections. Indian paper
Colophon
I Scribe's name :
:
.
yellow.
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56 S. C. BANERJI
Irfirfsi^T ? i
srrmg 3T?r: n ^ ||
^rp^^ra'i u » u
10 *T37»7% WIToffspreM^^ i
n\f%?gtggsm g ^rar# ii ^ n
1 5 arremercui srrt fsm^srWm^g i
5S5T ng-^H i
g^rg^TlTTUg i
ursrgfjrfr im ° ii
24. A, C, D rf<?T rT
«ER etc., B, F corrupt for <f*R. E -
-lower
margin cFT: ’TR/lE^f, contrary to metre, obviously a gloss.
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TEXT OX- SOLAPANl’s DOLAY ATR AVIVEKA 57
a st^rtftox jprsrg
fix i
amrgjrfsRrta 5i^afag?:*mx; im * n
fmsRftoag. ii n H
a^ransfaarPR gaaagaTxl;: i
35 wremror fgfaat aa va to it ii
ganger *xgfsr ar i
n^g^ar gw wqfgwiiatnj; ii i \ it
?6ife?5nsmig\ aRTg^^TOt^rt |
fprg^ =sirc?ft?5t i
jrre«r^RTHMTwl^ftf^% u sv it
55 T»5W^T?\f^pr®rf i
fiTMg^z m ii
6< l
^jf^gfn ^TTiraTfcn apwrfe^m. I
qsrmfg^ g«nfR^e?:«n?h?c»T^ 11 »« u
swis^gsnft^: u =>c u
ns^fr^firw fowt: i
pww
g^rfNn^ ii 3» n
70 qgRft^WWrei SB^rT^JJ^SnU I
iresrn^fqsrsreg qsfisrft II u
*iW\fi*«hr ntqT^sfet^feri’TTspn?. I
fT^qr SSfH^g I
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53. VV d^TWFfl^fefT for °*T<^5T. 54. VV BT^tFFt for 3TCWT:.
C srfH.qTfir: for *TT5qq?l%:. 55. B, E, F, G, VV *^?^F*TT?*$FTi.
56. A *nssrg*p2t; ( corrupt ). VV, G rTR^RSTYfacT”.
57. E epM. 58. A *T«TT«n=T for
3T*i^T for VV f^qra^T^SR
for B adds marginal gloss—^PWWlT faw^TSW BRFr-
Tljq: qf^HTiTqr ^^1
I ftET: 61. VV B, E, F, G read the
II.
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TEXT OF SOLAPANI’s OOLAYATRAVIVEKA 59
sreCtes^iifapirpi 11 A'*, n
fWT qj^f?fT k W'^ «T #t: i
w«rrf^%pf*or$Trfvi$t: ggta% v o 11 11
W
.
rTOT
«RT5ga >K5gsft 5R?j eflofnr^T a^r VJ%T^ |
alrr^Sgsat ^FTrTfgTWVm; || »* ||
rror
110 ureasgrt: grat fgarsrggsat finarg^i 1
agttr galg^Tot—
fafag^raataffir sraftargararag; 1
101. VV, D
*rn for a fig. C afaa. 103. m C omits. 104. C '*>4
for af/.i. 105. ffjaaaa:, Cf. p. 8, 6, 10, above. 1 10. D, F, G «paf for
fCTt. G 'fi-JpaT: for Til^PaT:. 112. A, C, D dfaimva aatat for
°aTaaaTat f E corrupt]. 113, omits '•iaa. in ^rRTi^.pfT. 114. C, D
aggiaT «T'5r for ag^^aaT^. H orbits farw. e, F, g omit a. 115. E,
F, G agggaT for agg^gf. 116. n ag^’-w% aggpjgw.
for 11 8. e
faf«r<i for faaa. c, e cre*r °af*far<ra: for g^a^af*". 119 d aa . for ag..
B inserts H in between ^rf^aj'^Ur and wsTrf. 121 -1 22. C words between
cf^T and corrupt. 123. A, C 124-125.
for "g*T*r.
'Ibis verse does not occur in the Varigavasi Ed. the Devipurana.
of
127. D
omits B, C read and respectively.
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TEXT OF SOLAPAlJl’s DOLAYAtR AVIVF.KA 61
atFsrfsrroregsqxqra I f% %
fTgfswlw^viT^^g qqrqfir t
SrfrT i
“ flfaqiTqi v^gfttqisi^”
^qffeq'SFTra I
;
?T4'TI fT»'Kf3j;^t ^ 15n«Pn?5TH II '*.? II
I q^qFqq«rH??%5T Jrqisig5m5!r?qfqtqi~
^ggjqwritsfq *rra ftfor mr, ?r g qqf<^ st^tsti I
1 4ft ?ig
3T??iqm =qg^3qr nifqsgafrUTt 3j*rm •
corrupt ].
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62 S. C. BANF.RJt
^
?f?r trowpaTrst
^g??^T: «ri
srri* i
qrar
%
1
5 <ra*^s?r ga
* =ggf^mi; 1
=qg$tfqr ?f?t qre: 1 w
155 TiRRp^t: 3THf f%nr?ff 5tf?Ti fsrarg^
^?«tr <ra«ri rrarstir^Rra =qggVtfefag^rfq %f?r nyfor: 1
«n?r 1 1 amt
165 =9 *tpt fr^r 1 ^g^rff T.m-
fFraqr^fr gf%Ftg 1 * ^ ggrqggq&sror f«qr fasTTg^r^Tfftq
qg^frrfR ?nrr fsRttf% ^gdrrq^rit p*TRihm%: 1
fm&rgRRra s^lq^TS
q?f%% natRrwsqTfq-sqsmftRT
5
^^ m
fjm =g *m I
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