Q: Translations of Kavya-commentaries? (repost)

[Jakub Cejka Visitor-Sanskrit]

[I am reposting an old query of mine to which I noticed no reply   maybe
it was just overlooked]



On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, Jakub Cejka Visitor-Sanskrit wrote:

> Out of mere curiosity:
> So far, I have come across only Mallinatha's Ghantapatha having been
> translated into English (only the comm.on first six cantos of Kir., by
> Roodbergen).  I'd like to know which other kavya-commentaries have been
> translated/summarized/studied in English (etc.) 
>   Thank you for any reference.
> 
> And also: I have the impression that despite various critical editions of
> kavya-texts there were very few attempts on critical establishing of the
> text of the commentaries on the edited kavyas.  Often only one manuscript
> of a commentary printed had been examined. Which kavya-comms have been
> critically edited? 
> 
> 

I feel commentaries on kavyas are often an interesting piece of work by
itself. But I know of not only no renderings of their contents into a
modern language (except the example of Roodbergen's thesis mentioned
above) but not even of some thorough studies of kavya-commentaries. They
are interestin both for the comments given as also for their language
peculiarities. 
    If you know of works dealing with kavya comms. please let me know.


Jakub Cejka
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Dept. of Sanskrit, University of Pune
Ganeshkhind, Pune, India  411 007

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