Essay name: Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures (seven volumes)
Author:
Satya Vrat Shastri
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
The series called "Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures" represents a comprehensive seven-volume compendium of Dr. Satya Vrat Shastri's research on Sanskrit and Indology. They feature a wide range of studies across major disciplines in these fields, showcasing Shastri's pioneering work. They include detailed analyses like the linguistic appraisal of Yogavasishtha, etymological studies in the Mahabharata and the Devibhagavata-purana, as well as explorations of human values as defined in ancient texts.
Volume 4 - Modern Sanskrit Literature
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Modern Sanskrit Literature
Jha, the Jayantik膩 of Jaggu Vakulabhushana and the
Candraprabha of Vidhu Sekhar Bhatataharya. Abject proverty is
the theme of Narayan Shastri Khiste's novels Daridr膩峁嚹乵
Hrdayam and the Divyad峁涐梗峁璱.
Though going back to Bengali source occasionally even now
as in the case of the Adar艣aramani of Bhatta Mathura Nath Shastri
which is based on the Bengali novel Pr膩峁嘺rak峁Ｄ� that had appeared
serially in the Bengali monthly Prav膩s墨, the modern Sanskrit
novel has charted an independent course for itself meandering on
in different lanes and bylanes. It has got matured enough to stand
on its own. No longer is it weighed down with the objective of a
proximating a model like the Kadambar墨 in style. It is no longer
a jumble of unending chain of compounds or long-winded
descriptions. It is embellished with dialogues, crisp and straight
as also palpable suspense. There are works in it like the
Suryaprabha kim v膩 Vaibhavapi艣膩ca岣ヂ� which describe what goes
on in the rich mansions and the poor shanties of the exploding
city of Calcutta or the works like the Candramah墨pati虏 both these
are of Shrinivasa Shastri-which demonstrate as to how society
can be transformed if those in power and position were to develop
cultured and sensitive mentality and ungrudgingly share their
wealth with their fellow beings which according to its author is
the Sarvabhyudaya or works like the Gopalabandhu鲁 which is a
penetrating study of the psychology of a rustic village boy who
longs for having a brother and who comes to believe in the words
of his mother who just to console him tells him that he has one
in Gop膩la, she meaning the Lord and the poor boy taking him to
be a man of that name and, coming across one, bestowing all his
love and affection on him; the story finally coming to an end with
the disclosure of the fact that it was Lord Gop膩la who had
assumed the form of an ordinary human being just to uphold the
faith
of the innocent boy.
It is very difficult to give an idea of the contents, however
briefly, of each and every novel in Sanskrit of the 20th century
within the parameters of a research paper. With the constraints
of
time and space it would be better just to recount the names of
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