Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva (Study)
by Sajitha. A | 2018 | 50,171 words
This page relates 鈥楨ditions of Vasudevavijaya鈥� of the study on the Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva from the 11th century A.D. The Vasudevavijayam is an educational poem belonging to the Shastra-Kavya category of technical Sanskrit literature. The Vasudevavijayam depicts in 657 verses the story of Lord Krishna while also elucidates the grammatical rules of the Ashtadhyayi of Panini (teaching the science of grammar). The subject-content of the poem was taken from the tenth Skandha of the Bhagavatapurana.
Editions of 痴腻蝉耻诲别惫补vijaya
The 痴腻蝉耻诲别惫补vijaya has previous editions, one in 碍腻惫测补尘腻濒腻 Series in 1894. Another edition is from Chaukhamba Bharatiya Academy in 1988. In both the editions the 26th and 27th stanzas of the third canto are completely missing.
There is a Punjab edition by Pandit Srirama Prapanna Sastri with the 碍补颈艣补惫墨 commentary. A Lahore edition is also there. But these editions are only published up to the third canto of 痴腻蝉耻诲别惫补vijaya.
The complete version of the poem with its 笔补诲补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 commentary was published by Rashtriya Sa峁僺krita Sa峁僺thanam (manitaviswavidyalay), Himachal pradesh in 2013. The work was edited by Vijayapal Sastri Sivachandasunu.
The doctoral thesis of Dr.P.Shyamala Devi was published in 2010 by New Bharatiya Book Corporation.
There are thirteen Palm leaf manuscripts deposited in Kerala University Oriental Research Institute and Manuscript Library, Trivandrum. But out of these thirteen manuscripts, only two manuscripts extend up to the 83rd verse of the Seventh canto.
To sum up, though there are many editions to the work, only two of them are available. One is the work with its commentary edited by Prof. Vijayapal Sastri. The critical edition of the poem published by Dr. Shyamaladevi is the other one. Vijayapal Sastri gives some information regarding the poem as an introductory. But a detailed study of the poem is not yet available.
To conclude, the observations of several scholars regarding the author and date of 痴腻蝉耻诲别惫补vijaya are discussed. It is identified that the author of the 痴腻蝉耻诲别惫补vijaya might be 痴腻蝉耻诲别惫补 of Peruvanam, who was the protege of the King Ravivarma of Ve峁弓attun膩岣島. He was the elder contemporary of Melputt奴r 狈腻谤腻测补峁嘺产丑补峁弓补. The date of the author can be considered as the latter half of 16th Century A.D. The theme of the poem is taken from the tenth skandha of 艢r墨mad Bh膩gavata where as the author has bring forth some deviations from the source.