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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

The first verse of the Bṛhatkathā?

This verse from the Gāthāmuktāvalī (a collection of Prakrit verses based on the Sattasaī) is cited in at least three other places. It has been identified as the first verse (maṅgalācaraṇa) of the lost Bṛhatkathā of Guṇāḍhya. I give the other versions with some notes below.

पनमत पनअ-प्पकुपित-कोली-चलनग्ग-लग्ग-पटिबिंबं ।
तससु नख-तप्पनेसुं एकातस-तनु-थलं लुद्दं ॥
(Gāthāmuktāvalī 13)