[INDOLOGY] Bhoja's Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa

Tue May 19 10:04:55 UTC 2026

Dear Matthew,

I confirm the importance of the (grammatical) Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa in the tradition of Kerala, as shown by its influence on Melputtūr Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa's Prakriyāsarcasva. See the recent work by P. Visalakshy, The influence of Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa on Prakriyāsarvasva, Thiruvananthapuram : International School of Dravidian Linguistics, 2024. ISBN 9788196007591
 [The influence of Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa on Prakriyāsarvasva _.jpeg]
About Daṇḍanātha's Commentary published in the TSS (uncomplete)* ed. (the vol. V = TSS no. 182 with the adh. 7-8 never appeared: remains to be done!), it could be contemporary with the text of the sūtras (11th c.) according to Robert Birwé, "Nārāyaṇa Daṇḍanātha's Commentary on Rules III.2, 106-121 of Bhoja's Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa", Journal of the American Oriental Society 84 (1964): 150-62 http://www.jstor.org/stable/597101

The whole text of the  sūtras has been ed. by T. R. Chintamani in the Madras Un. Sanskr. Ser. 11, 1937 (with Kunhan Raja's preface; index < p. 289)
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284132
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.52186

See also by the same, The Uṇādisūtras of Bhoja with the Vṛtti of Nārāyaṇa Daṇḍanātha, Madras University Sanskrit Series no. 7, part 3, 1934 (= The Uṇādisūtras in Various Recensions, part VI).
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.496423
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.368313
And as you provided us with, for the adh. 8 only (Vedic grammar) : Bhojadeva-viracitaṃ sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa-vaidikavyākaraṇam | aṣṭamo 'dhyāyāḥ | prathama-dvitīyapādau (vaidikīprakriyā) | tṛtīya-caturthapādau (svaraprakriyā), New Delhi : Rāṣṭrīya Vedavidyā Pratiṣṭhāna, 1992
https://archive.org/details/SaraswatiKanthabharanaVedicVyakaranaOfBhojaDevaDr.NaryanMKansara

Best wishes,

Christophe

(*) vol. I : https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.407040
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.313457
II : https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.407042
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.313459
III : https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.313458
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.407041
IV : https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.313401
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.406984
I = adh. 1, II = adh. 2, III = adh. 3-4, IV = adh. 5-6

Le 19 mai 2026 à 10:54, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> a écrit :

PS I have now found Sambasiva Shastri's 3 volume edition of the entire Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa grammar. The learned editor explicitly affirms that the same Bhoja who wrote it was the author of the work on poetics, but he also seems to suggest that the grammatical work is known only in the South, in particular in Kerala. This leads me to wonder if the same author is really behind both works. Has anyone looked into this?

Matthew T. Kapstein
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https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1

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On Tuesday, May 19th, 2026 at 10:33 AM, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear friends,

The Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa is a well-known treatise on poetics by the 11th c. king and aesthete Bhojadeva. There also seems to be a Vedic grammar, bearing the same title, attributed to the same author. I would be grateful if someone might clarify for me the relationship between these works.  An edition of the Vedic grammar is available here:
https://dn720409.ca.archive.org/0/items/SaraswatiKanthabharanaVedicVyakaranaOfBhojaDevaDr.NaryanMKansara/Saraswati%20Kanthabharana%20Vedic%20Vyakarana%20of%20Bhoja%20Deva%20-%20Dr.%20Naryan%20M%20Kansara.pdf

thank you in advance,
Matthew

Matthew T. Kapstein
Professor emeritus
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris

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The University of Chicago Divinity School

Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein

https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1

https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/60949

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