Brihatkatha-kosha (cultural study)
by Himanshu Shekhar Acharya | 1998 | 39,319 words
This essay is an English study of the Brihatkatha-kosha reflecting cultural traditions of the life of people in ancient and medieval India during the 10th century. Technically, the Brihatkathakosha represents a collection of stories belonging to the Jain katha branch of literature intended to propagate Jain ideology and inspire people to lead a rel...
Acknowledgements
ACKNOWLDGEMENT I express my deep sense of gratitude to my revered teacher Dr.V.Kutumba Sastry, Professor & Head, Department of Sanskrit, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, for his illustrious guidance in the preparation of this work. It is his guidence, encourgement and manifold help that could render the present shape to this work. I am highly indebted to Dr. Satyapal Narang, Professor, Department of Sanskrit, Delhi University, New Delhi; Dr.C.Panduranga Bhatta, Reader, Department of Sanskrit Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, Dr. B.K.Dalai, Reader, CASS, University of Poona; Mr. Keshab Lai Shah, Dr. Sagarmal Jain, and Dr. Dalsukah Malvania, for giving me constant help and encouragement. I am also grateful to Dr. J.Krishan, Lecturer, and Mr. C.D. Behera, Lecturer, Department of Sanskrit, Pondicherry University, for their valuable suggestions, My sincere thanks are due to Sri. Sampadananda Mishra, Dr. Ashok Kimmar Panda, Shantidada, Gunananda Bhai and Devabrataji for their timely help and cooperation.
I am thankful to the authorities of the following Libraries and Research Institutes for allowing me to make use of their collections: 1. Ananda Rangapilai Library. Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. 2. French Institute of Indology, Pondicherry. 3. Roman Rolland Library, Pondicherry. 4. The Adyar library and Research Centre, Madras. 5. Bhogilal Leharchand Intitute of Indology. New Delhi. 6. Sambalpur University library, Sambalpur, Orissa. My thanks are due to the non-teaching staff of the Department of Sanskrit, Pondicherry University. I have no words to express my feeling of gratitude towards all my family members for the love, affection, and inspiration that they have extended. They have made me what I am now. Last but not the least, I am thankful to Sri Thiagarajan, a student of Sri Sankar Arts and Science college, Kanchipuram, for his meticulous care in typing the work.