Rupavatara is the first work composed in the prakria stle of treatment of the sutras of Astadhyahi and is written by Dharmakirti, 10th Century A.D. The present study of Rupavatara is divided into three parts. Part I General, consisting of three chapters, aims at introducing the author and his work. Part II is termed Analytical Study and contains an analysis of all the parts of the text. Part III, Observations, is a comparative study of Rupavatara with Kasika and later recasts Siddhantakaumundi is atrtempted. The last Chapter sums up the results of this critical study and concludes with an attempt to evaluate the work.
Dharmakirti's Rupavatara, A Critical Study, K.S. Lalithambal, Sri Satguru, Delhi, Hardcover, 220 pp.
Dr. K. S. Lalithambal is presently in Department of Sanskrit, Mahara's College, Ernakulam, Kerala.
Contents
Foreword Preface Abbreviations Introduction
Part I General Chapter I - Dharmakirti - The Author Chapter II - Rupavatara - The Work Chapter III - Characteristics of The Work
Part II Analytical Study Chapter IV Dharmakirti's Treatment of the Science of Grammar Chapter V Dharmakirtis's Treatment of the Science of Grammar Chapter VI Readings of the Sutras and Vartikas in Rupavatara Chapter VII Verses in Rupavatara Chapter VIII Conclusion Appdendix 1. LIst of Rules of Astadhyaya interpreted in Rupavatarav 2. List of Rules of Astadhyaya referred to in Rup[avatara
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