Dear list members,

[Apologies for cross-posting].

Best wishes to everybody on Vijayadashami. I am pleased to inform the list of the publication of the third edition of ‘Adhyātmarāmāyaṇe’pāṇinīyaprayogāṇāṃ Vimarśaḥ’. The work, authored by Padma Vibhushan Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Ramabhadracharya, is edited and annotated by me.

In addition to correcting orthographic and editorial errors in the second edition, the third edition adds around 1,200 footnotes providing many additional references, explanation, and grammatical derivations. The edition also comes with praśasti-s by Sanskrit scholars from all over the world including Prof. Madhav Deshpande, Devarshi Kalanath Shastri, Dr. Himanshu Pota, Dr. Baldevanand Sagar, and a special citrakāvya praśasti of the author by Shatavadhani R. Ganesh.

The third edition is available in both PDF and HTML formats. The PDF version runs into 422 pages and is attached with this email. It is also available online from here. The HTML version URLs follow later in the email.

Book details

Title: Adhyātmarāmāyaṇe’pāṇinīyaprayogāṇāṃ Vimarśaḥ

Translated Title: Deliberation on non-Pāṇinian usages in the Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa.

Description: Originally authored in 1981, this book is the PhD dissertation of the polyglot and polymath Hindu saint Padma Vibhushan Jagadguru Rāmānandācārya Svāmī Rāmabhadrācārya (then known as Ācārya Giridharalāla Miśra Prajñācakṣu). Without eyesight since the age of two months and without formal education till the age of 17 years, Svāmī Rāmabhadrācārya speaks 22 languages and has authored more than 100 books in Sanskrit and Hindi. In this work, Svāmī Rāmabhadrācārya has examined ‘non-Pāṇinian’ usages in the Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa using traditional and novel methods drawing from the Pāṇinian framework. This edition of the book is edited and annotated by Nityānanda Miśra, a Sanskrit enthusiast who works in the investment banking industry at Mumbai.

Language: Sanskrit

Author: Ācārya Giridharalāla Miśra Prajñācakṣu (known later as Jagadguru Rāmānandācārya Svāmī Rāmabhadrācārya)

Editor and annotator: Nityānanda Miśra

Cover art: Courtesy UCDL and LACMA websites

Book design and typesetting: Nityanand Misra

Publisher: Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas

Format: Digital only publication (PDF and HTML)

Paper size: 180 mm x 270 mm

Number of pages: 413

Price: Free

URL for PDF edition: http://jagadgururambhadracharya.org/pdfs/JR1981PhDThesis.pdf

Praise for the book and the author

“एतद्ग्रन्थरत्नं प्रणीय रामभद्राचार्यैर्व्याकरणशास्त्रस्य नवीना संशोधनदिगुद्घाटिता।”

(By authoring this gem of a work, Rāmabhadrācārya has opened a new direction of research in the science of Vyākaraṇa.)

—Prof. Madhav Deshpande

Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures, and Linguistics

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, USA

“श्री१०८स्वामिश्रीरामभद्राचार्यैः … पाणिनीयस्य बहवः सिद्धान्ताः सूक्ष्मदृशा विवेचिता।”

(Śrī Svāmī Rāmabhadrācārya has examined many principles of Pāṇinian grammar with acute discernment.)

—Devarshi Kalanath Shastri

Sanskrit scholar and poet

Jaipur, India

“चित्रावहा खलु श्रीचरणानां सारस्वतसाधना शास्त्रे काव्ये च।”

(The literary accomplishment of the venerable [Svāmī Rāmabhadrācārya] in the [fields of] scriptures as well as poetry is wonderful.)

—Shatavadhani R Ganesh

Sanskrit scholar and poet

Bengaluru, India

“अस्मिन् ग्रन्थे जगद्गुरुरामभद्राचार्यः शुष्कं व्याकरणं रामरसेनौतप्रोतं कृत्वा पाठकायोपहरति।”

(In this treatise, Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya makes the dry [topic of] grammar imbued with the nectar of Rāma and offers it to the reader.)

—Dr. Himanshu Pota

Associate Professor

UNSW (Australian Defence Force Academy)

Canberra, Australia

“महतो लोकोपकारस्यानुसन्धानग्रन्थस्य रचनायां प्रकाशने च गुरुशिष्ययोः परिनिष्ठितप्रयासा नूनं वर्तमानानां भाविनाञ्च जनानां कृते प्रेरणास्पदीभूताः सेत्स्यन्तीति मे द्रढीयान् विश्वासः।”

(It is my firm belief that the excellent efforts of the Guru and the disciple in the composition and publication of this great research treatise, beneficial for the world, would certainly prove to be the source of inspiration for people today and also in the future.)

—Dr. Baldevanand Sagar

Sanskrit newscaster

All India Radio

New Delhi, India

“Deserves wide distribution. Clearly reflects a mastery of Pāṇinian methods and tradition.”

—Prof. George Cardona

Professor Emeritus of Linguistics

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, USA

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