Mandaramanjari of Vishveshvara Pandeya, author of Aryasaptashati and many other works on Alankarashastra is only in Purvabhaga, the Uttarabhaga said to have been written by his son not traceable.According to Dr. V.V. Bhatta, Mandaramanjari like Kadambari deals with the two Romances of Puspupura King Citrabhanu son of Rajashekhara and Malaykavati and Mandaramanjari on the one hand and of the Demon Manasaketu and Madayantika like Bana’s Candriapida and Kadambari, Vaishampayana and Mahashveta, like Dhanapala’s Tilakamanjari also it may be compared to have two romances as it does of Harivahana, the Ayodhya prince and Tilakamaajari and of Samaraketu of Simhala dvipa and Malayasundari of Kanchi. According to Dr. V.V. Bhatta Mandaramanjari is available in two parts, the First part being the composition of Vishveshvara Pandeya and the Uttarabhaga that of some pupil of his of unknown name, the last pages having gone lost. Purvardha contains 186 paragraphs.
The entire Romance of Mandaramanjari displays the poet’s knowledge of philosophy and Puranas replete as it is with recondite vocabulary and some uncommon usages needing the consultation of dictionaries and lexicons.
The translation has been done with the help of Kusumatika aided by Laxicons such as Amarakosha Abhidhanacintamani of Hemacandra and Medinikosha of Medinikara with Sanskrit English Dictionaries V.S. Apte and Monier Williams playing a characteristic role.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sudarshan Kumar Sharma
Dr. Sudarshan Kumar Sharma is B.A. (Hons.), M.A, Ph.D. He competed his graduation from D.A.V. College, Jalandhar in 1955 with first class first in Sanskrit (Hons.) and post-graduation in 1958 from Deptt. of Sanskrit, Punjab university, Jalandhar. In 1961, he joined as regular lecturer in Sanskrit and served various colleges at Chanigarh, Bhatinda, Jalandhar etc., in his long teaching career. Finally, he retired as principal, Govt. College, Fazika, Punjab. He has a number of books to his credit. Prominent among them are- 1) Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala -A Critical and Cultural Study. 2) Mrcchakatika of Sudraka -A Critical and Cultural Study. 3) Karnabharam and Madhyam-vyayoga of Bhasa (Sanskrit text with English and Hindi translation). 4) yajnaphalam of Bhasa (Sanskrit text with English and Hindi translation). 5) Udayadundari Katha of Soddhala (Sanskrit text with English translation. 7) Brhatkatha-sloka-samgraha of Buddhasvamin (Sanskrit text with English translation). He had been an active participator at various Oriental Conferences and Seminars held in the past at various places of India. His research papers and journals have been published in almost all magazines and felicitation volumes. Since his retirement, he has been an active writer and doing critical translations of various rare books. His forthcoming books are-Garuda Purana (Sanskrit text with English Translation), Vayu Purana (Sanskrit text with English Translation), Brhat-Katha-Manjari (Sanskrit text with English Translation), Kalki Purana (Sanskrit text with English Translation), Avanti-Sundari-Katha (Sanskrit text with English Translation) etc.
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