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DATA-COLLECTION: 87 (1) Hence the work of reconstructing the lost text of Devala,
was undertaken by the researcher. The first necessary task was
of collecting the quotations of Devala, quoted in the various works-
the digests & commentaries on Dharmasastra. Hundreds of quotations
found in the works, right from the Mitaksara upto the Balambhatti
were collected & noted down on the slips, with proper reference
to the page-numbers & works, consulted. It was found that the two
earliest commentators, namely Visvarupa & Medhatithi, do not mention
or quote Devala. The variant readings, in case of the identical
quotations, were also noted down on those slips of quotations.
These slips, containing quotations, were alphabetically arranged
to avoid repetition. About 2500 prose & verse quotations, of the
present Reconstructed text were thus collected, from numerous
printed & manuscript works on Dharmasastra. A list of such published
& unpublished works, consulted for the purpose of the reconstruction
of the present text, is given in the Appendix (Part IV, App. IV).
CLASSIFICATION & ARRANGEMENT :
(2) The next step was of classification & arrangement of the
collected quotations. The alphabetically arranged slips of
Devala-quotations, were then separated & classified first into
three main divisions of acara, vyavah膩ra & pr膩yascitta After
minute & repeated study of topics, treated in the collected
quotations, they were classified even into the following twenty-two
different prakaranas (divisions), of the three main adhyayas
(chapters).
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