[INDOLOGY] Vrataratnakara of Ranavira / Ranavirasimha?

[Patrick Olivelle]

The Smṛtiratnākara was authored by Caṇḍeśvara (Kane, Vol 1, section 91. His father was Vīreśvara. I am, of course, unsure whether we are dealing with the same text.

Patrick



On Nov 11, 2013, at 12:42 PM, "Gruenendahl, Reinhold" <gruenen at sub.uni-goettingen.de> wrote:

> I'd be much obliged for any information concerning the following multi-volume work, published around 1941-42:
> 
> Author: Raṇavīra, or Raṇavīrasiṃha(rāja)
> Title:Vrataratnākara
> Printed by the Raghunathamudrayantralaya (place unknown)
> 
> For preliminary catalogue data of the three volumes with this title see here:
> https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1.BBK/FAM?PPN=77111947X
> 
> These three volumes came together with two others, "Prāyaścittabhāga" and "Jyotirmahānibandha", both without title pages. Therefore I'm not sure whether they are also part of the Vrataratnakara.
> 
> 
> Further information on the author and the relation between the above parts would be welcome.  [Is he the Kashmiri king who sponsored the Krtyaratnakara, perhaps?]
> 
> I've checked the NCC, the printed India Office Catalogue (Sanskrit Works) and Kane's History of Dharmasastra, without success.
> The DIL seems to have electronic versions, but its catalogue data are not very helpful.
> 
> Many thanks in advance
> Reinhold Grünendahl
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