Vicaradipa is a small but compact and peculiar sastraic work (a Vadagrantha) by Bhagavat Kavi Bhatta on the subject of sabdasakti. It is found in a single manuscript in Chunilal Gandhi Vidya Bhavan Surat, a reputed research institute which has preserved nearly 1600 Sanskrit manuscripts. The present work contains a critical edition of Vicaradipa text, an introduction, translation and its critical study. It introduces Bhagavat Kavi Bhatta, a learned but hitherto unknown scholar who lived between 18th and 19th centuries in Gujarat and thus throws a new light on the meritorious contribution of Gujarat to Sanskrit Sastra literature.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nina Bhavnagari
Dr. Nina Bhavnagari is a lecturer in Sanskrit at M.T.B. Arts college, Surat. She took her Post graduate degree (Alankarasastra) with first class from South Gujarat University in 1974, and was awarded M.P. Dave Gold Medal for standing first class first in the university. This research project earned her Ph.D. degree from M.S. University of Baroda. She has presented many research papers in seminars and conferences of national level and they are published in reputed journals and magazines like journals of ORI Baroda, Svadhyaya, etc. Four books of Dr. Bhavnagari have been already published in Gujarati.
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