Prof. P.G. Lalye
Eminent scholar of Sanskrit, Hindi and Telugu. Retired as Professor of Sanskrit and Head of the Department of Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Connected with well known institutes in different capacities in Pune and all over India. Honored with D.Litt. by Deccan College, Pune, Mahamahopadhyaya by Kalidas University, Ramtek, Recipient of President's certificate of Honour.
Works to his credit belonging to various fields such as Sanskrit literature, Manuscriptology, Purana and Ramayana have been received by scholars with respect.
Recent publications -
1. Laukikanyayakosa- A collection of 731 maxims in Sanskrit with gloss in Marathi and in English 2006.
2. Curses and boons in Ramayana - translated in Marathi.
3. Mukapancasati - Stotra kavya.
Dr. Ranjana Date
Retired Professor of Sanskrit from Deccan college, Pune.
Contributed mainly to the Dictionary project and Lexicography at Deccan College. Worked for Post Doctoral project at Nagoya University.
Author of Guide books for schools.
The text 'Navarasamanjari by Narahari was published in 1979, at Hyderabad by Dr. P. G. Lalye (Head, Department of Sanskrit, Osmania University, Hyderabad) on the basis of a singular manuscript.
The main aim then was to bring that text to light.
Since then for so many years there was need of translating it and to emend the text. So this edition is being published along with the translation.
This text 'Navarasamanjari', is translated for Karnataka Historical Research Society, Dharwad, to mark 100th anniversary of the institute. We thank Shri A. R. Panchamukhi for giving us this opportunity.
In the first chapter, the author Narahari praises his preceptor Ibrahim in about 172 stanzas. In the second one, he has given descriptions of various types of Hero (Nayaka.) In the third Ullasa, he has given an elaborate account of various types of Heroine (Nayika.) In the fourth one, he gives the detailed descriptions of various categories of Heroine. In the fifth Ullasa, he has discussed Rasa, its origin etc. In the last sixth Ullasa the author gives an account of Various Bhavas.
The author has paid glowing tributes to his preceptor. He calls his preceptor Jagadguru, Nadamurti or Ibharama. It appears that this Nadamurti was a resident of Bijapur. The Historians have said that he ruled over Bijapur during the period, 1580-1627. In his reign the city of Bijapur was besieged for twelve months (1580-81) by the united armies of the confederate Sultans of Ahmednagar, Bedar, Golconda. Bijapur, however was saved by the diplomatic maneuvers of Shah Abdul Hassan. Ibrahim came to power in 1590, when he reintroduced the Sunni Practices. But he was tolerant of all creeds. His kingdom extended along the west coast from Bankot to Bhatkal in 1605.
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