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Some Notes on the Minor Works (Laghukāvya) of K¡emendra
Annotated Chronological Bibliography 1
SIGNE KIRDE
“People who have experienced falling from the heights of pleasures through the reverses of fate become
devoted to good conduct, give up haughtiness while attaining freedom from worldly desires.
They want to practice penance, by which the heights of arrogance are dropped because of the destruction
of attachment. Generally, these men become manageable like a mineral, heated and melted in fire
(fit for liberation because of penance).”
K¢emendra, Aucityavicāracarcā (“Discourse on Propriety”), 24, citing Munimatamīmāsā
(“Reflections Conceived by an Ascetic”)
Introduction
The following bibliography concerns reference regarding K¤emendra’s manuscripts, editions, translations
and literary criticism of his didactic and satirical poetry and the three poetical works. The
bibliographical notes in hand are the revised version of my unpublished M.A thesis (Marburg
2001), conceived as a reference guide to K¤emendra studies. Covering a period of 136 years of publication,
the entries are given as follows:
Author /Editor (year)
Title, Subtitle.
Place of Publication, Publisher, Series, page.
My annotations given in parenthesis [ ] refer to reprints and points of my special interest.
K¤emendra who lived in Kashmir between 1010 and 1070 A.D. is probably the author of Indian
prominence with a life-time production of approximately 40,000 extant Sanskrit verses.
K¤emendra’s so-called “Minor Works” or laghukāvya, consist of the three poetical treatises:
Aucityavicāracarcā, Kavikahābharaa and Suvttatilaka,
and the eight didactic poems:
Deśopadeśa, Narmamālā, Cārucaryāśataka, Caturvargasagraha, Samayamātkā, Sevya-sevakopadeśa, Kalāvilāsa,and
Darpadalana.
1 In 1999, I was introduced to K§emendra’s works by Prof. Michael HAHN and in subsequent years have been inspired
by lectures and readings with Prof. HAHN’s students Drs. D. DIMITROV, S. IWAI, M. STRAUBE, M.A. and C.
FORMIGATTI, M.A., to compile the bibliographical notes at hand. I am indebted to Dr. M. DEMOTO-HAHN and B.
STEVENSON for their criticism of preliminary drafts of this article. I take great pleasure in thanking Prof. Dr. M. HAHN,
Drs. U. ROESLER, D. DIMITROV, R. STEINER, C. FORMIGATTI, M.A., M. STRAUBE, M.A., Marburg, and Dr. K.-H.
GOLZIO, P. WYZLIC, M.A., Bonn, Prof. M. MEJOR, Warsaw, and Ms. A. MOHRDIEK, M.A., Hamburg, for helpful suggestions
regarding material.

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Ā. They have all been edited by E. V. V. RĀGHAVĀCHĀRYA, SHARMA in the collection Laghukāvyasagraha
(Minor Works of Kemendra, 1961).
K¤emendra’s “Minor Works” are poems or didactic works including poems of minor length, their
function being mainly to serve nīti, i.e: moral or political wisdom, or conduct of the statesman.
More generally, however, all aphoristic and ethical poetry, that is to say, verses concerned only with
a single erotic or religious sentiment could be considered as laghukāvyas.
K¤emendra mentions four kinds of composition in his work on metrics, Suvttatilaka III.2:
science (śāstra), poetry (kāvya), poetry in science (śāstrakāvya), and science in poetry (kāvyaśāstra).
His didactic and satirical works seem to fall into the third category “poetry in science”
(Suvttatilaka III.4), pertaining to the “four-fold pursuit of man” (caturvarga) and providing “instructions
to all” (sarvopadeśa). K¤emendra holds that works on science and poems which are of
Purāa-type or didactic exposition should be written in the metre Anu¤ubh (śloka).
Eleven works by K¤emendra have been published since the end of the
“BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
19 th century after he was
“rediscovered” by Indian and Western scholars (cf. R. MITRA 1871, G. BÜHLER 1873). The starting
point were the editions of the satirical poem Kalāvilāsa and the critical discourse on propriety in
Aucityavicāracarcā
(Kāvyamālā poetical composition, collection, part 1, Niraya Sāgara Press,
Bombay, 1886, by DURGĀPRASĀD and PARAB).
SŪRYAKĀNTA suggests in Kemendra Studies (1954, p.1), that “most of his works, numbering
about thirty-two, have been published while some are yet in their manuscript form.” This judgement
seems somewhat overly-optimistic and I cannot agree with SŪRYAKĀNTA in this respect. To my
knowledge, no further manuscripts of K¤emendra, besides the 16 extant works and two miscellanea,
Lokaprakāśa and Nītikalpataru, have either been found or published.
While critical works on K¤emendra’s immense Buddhist kāvya, Bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā2
and its Tibetan translation have been published, critical editions of the “Laghukāvyas”, besides
LAPANICH’s edition of the Kalāvilāsa (1973) and MOHRDIEK’s critical edition of chapter 1-2 of the
Darpadalana (2002), are still desiderata. Only some parts of the Daśāvatāracarita have been translated
into Italian by O. BOTTO (1951) as “Il poeta Kshemendra e il suo Daśāvatāracarita”.3
Inner Chronology of K¡emendra’s Poems
The problems of the inner chronology of K¤emendra’s works have been discussed by ŚĀSTRĪ
KAUL
(1923) in his edition of Deśopadeśa and Narmamālā. Further suggestions regarding his biography
and chronology are found in SŪRYAKĀNTA (1954), MAHAJAN (1954), DATTARAY (1974) and, more
recently, FORMIGATTI (2005). The following list of the extant works was suggested by
SŪRYAKĀNTA (1954, pp. 16ff), with some modifications:
2 Cf. KIRDE, (in German) “Bibliographie zur Bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā”, in Śikhisamuccaya, Indian and Tibetan
Studies. Ed. by D. DIMITROV, U. ROESLER and R. STEINER. Wien (2002) (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde
53), pp. 109-128, (in Japanese) IWAI S., “K§emendra no denki-teki kijutsu ni tsuite”, in Indogaku Bukkyogaku
Kenkyu (Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies), Vol. L, 1, Dec. 2001, pp. 56-59, (in Italian) FORMIGATTI
(2005), pp. 28-38, 49-51, (in German) M. STRAUBE, Prinz Sudhana und die Kinnarī: eine buddhistische Liebesgeschichte
von Kemendra: Text, Übersetzung, Studie. Marburg 2006 (Indica et Tibetica Verlag 46).
3 O. BOTTO, “Il Poeta K§emendra e il suo Daśāvatāracarita”, reprinted in: Scritti Scelti di Oscar Botto. A cura di M.
D’Onza CHIODO, E. PANATTONI and S. PIANO. Torino (1993), pp. 44-86.

K emendra’s Extant Works “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
Poetical Epitomes:
Bhatkathāmañjarī, Rāmāyaamañjarī (=Rāmāyaakathāsāra), Bhāratamañjarī, Bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā
(= Bauddhāvadānakalpalatā, Bauddhāvadānala(ti)kā, Avadānakalpalatā), Daśāvatāracarita.
Poetics and Metrics:
Kavikahābharaa, Aucityavicāracarcā, Suvttatilaka.
Didactic Poems:
Deśopadeśa, Narmamālā, Cārucaryāśataka, Caturvargasagraha, Samayamātkā, Sevyasevakopadeśa, Kalāvilāsa,
Darpadalana.
Miscellaneous Works (Attributed to K§emendra):
Lokaprakāśa(kośa) 4 , Nītikalpataru 5 .
K¤emendra is often, but not always, called “Vyāsadāsa” (“servant” or “follower of the poet Vyāsa”)
in the colophons of his works or even at the end of the chapters. He also refers to this co-name
(aparanāman) in his autobiographical accounts, which has led to speculations about the inner chronology
of his works. Although the usage of this co-name Vyāsadāsa suggests the poet might have
received his pseudonym after having written his epitome of the Mahābhārata, the Bhāratamañjarī,
this pseudonym or co-title might not always have been used by the poet himself. It could have been
added by later scribes and anthologists. 6 In the Subhāitāvalī, an anthology composed in the 15 th
cent. by Vallabhadeva, verses of a K¤emendra and a Vyāsadāsa are quoted separately. K¤emendra
mentioned the names of the Kashmir ruler Ananta (1028-1063 A.D.) and his son and successor
Kalaśa (1063-1089 A.D.) in his works Narmamālā (Ananta), Suvttatilaka (Ananta and his son
‘Kalaśaka’), Aucityavicāracarcā (Ananta), Kavikahābharaa (Ananta), Samayamātkā (Ananta),
4 The Lokaprakāśa, discovered by Georg BÜHLER, is a compilation of various subjects dealing with Kashmir. It consists
of extracts from popular manuals and served as a source book on geographical, cultural and political issues in four
chapters (prakāśas). Cf. On historical sources in Kashmir W. SLAJE, “Kaschmir im Mittelalter und die Quellen der
Geschichtswissenschaft”, in Indo-Iranian Journal 48 (2005), pp.1-70. The first chapter of Lokaprakāśa introduces a
K§emendra, a pupil of Vedavyāsa, son of Parāśara. In the second chapter, a teacher Vedavyāsa is cited (cf. A. WEBER,
Indische Studien, (1898), pp. 289ff). A manuscript, consisting of the first chapter, was discovered by M. A. STEIN
(Bhūrja-Codex, p. 337). In respect of contents, language and style, the Lokaprakāśa is not homogenous. It might have
been compiled by several writers of different centuries using an official style with a mixture of Persian and Sanskrit
words. BÜHLER, Kaśmīr Report (1877), p. 75, praises that “among the Koshas the most important work is the Lokaprakâça
of Kshemendra Vyâsadâsa Nos. 339-40, a copy of which is preserved in the Berlin library and has been described
by Professor Weber, Catalog p. 224”. M. A. STEIN, in his translation of the Rājataragiī, (1892-1900) Vol. II,
p. 523, goes with WEBER that “[the Lokaprakāśa] shows official Sanskrit of the Muhammadan period”. The Lokaprakāśa
was published by Jagaddhar Z. SHASTRI, Srinagar 1947, Pioneer Press, Kashmir Series of Text and Studies No.
75 (based on a manuscript in Śāradā, (Deccan College), and a Devanāgarī transcription from the beginning of the 20 th
cent.).
5 The manuscript of Nītikalpataru was acquired by G. BÜHLER in Kashmir in 1876 (now deposited in the Bhandarkar
Oriental Research Institute, no. 351/1875-76). Nītikalpataru was edited by V. P. MAHAJAN (Poona 1956). Curiously,
the only existing version embodies the narrative material from Somadeva’s Kathāsaritsāgara instead of making
use of K§emendra’s Bhatkathāmañjarī. MAHAJAN suggests (p. VI of his edition) that Vyāsadāsa K§emendra is the
author of this work on “Rājanīti”, but there are reasons for suspicion that the text in the manuscript does not represent
the original form of the work. There are additions to such an extent that it would not be proper to attribute the whole
work to K§emendra of the 11 th cent, e.g. Rājataragiī by Kalha¥a (12 th cent.) and Vīramitrodaya by Mitramiśra (16 th
cent.); the Yuktikalpataru, ascribed to king Bhoja (first half of the 11 th cent.), is quoted as an authority on astrology.
6 Cf. SŪRYAKĀNTA (1954), pp. 27-28, MAHAJAN (1954), pp. 21-22, DATTARAY (1974), pp. 28, 128-131.
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Daśāvatāracarita (Ananta is mentioned, but Kalaśa is the ruling king). DATTARAY (1974), p. 71,
suggests that “the important period of K¤emendra’s literary activity, as may be evident from an
inquiry into the chronology of the poet’s work, almost synchronises with the period of Ananta’s
sovereign rule and continues for a few years more after the king’s formal abdication in favour of his
son, Kalaśa”.
It might be interesting to mention the peculiar features of two satirical works: Deśopadeśa and
Narmamālā. Both works were found together in the same manuscript and share many allusions,
witty characters and references to political and social issues. It seems that both works were written
at a time when K¤emendra was concerned about the corruption and moral decline of religious authorities,
and this leads me to believe that
“BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
and Deśopadeśa were conceived as kinds of
“romans a clef” (Schlüsselromane). Deśopadeśa is cited in his Kavikahābharaa V.1.40, but the
co-name Vyāsadāsa is not mentioned. SATO suggests in his introduction to his translation (1994, p.
8) that the Deśopadeśa is composed of “condensed stories” in independent verses (muktakas) with
ridiculing and satirical elements. As K¤emendra does not give any examples of good conduct, so,
pace SATO, the poem appears to be the product of an early stage of K¤emendra’s career as a poet.
The Narmamālā
is not mentioned in his poetical treatises, and K¤emendra is not referred to by his
co-name Vyāsadāsa.
Narmamālā
But in the edition of RĀGHAVĀCHARYA (1961), pp. 321, 335, 346, the editors may have added to
the colophon “iti śrīvyāsadāsāparākhyakemendraviracitāyā narmamālāyā ...” at the end of the
chapters (parihāsas). In Narmamālā
the the author attacks the powerful caste of clerks and scribes
(kāyastha) as agents of the corrupt official machinery of his time. The king Ananta having killed the
kāyastha-demons (I. 3-4, I.9) is compared with Vi¤u. In her English translation of Narmamālā
the
(1999), p. 6 & (2005), pp. XIV-XV) BALDISSERA suggests:
“K¢emendra is generally believed to be the author of this satire, for Narmamālā the has many stylistic,
lexical and narrative affinities with other works of his, in particular with his satires. The
mātkāSamaya-
and Deśopadeśa, for instance, are works that share many situations and characters with the
Narmamālā. The Kavikahābhāraa [sic], on the other hand, a work on poetics, shares with the
mamālāNar-
many interesting terms (kāmatattva, ghaī, etc.).”
MAHAJAN (1954), pp. 24-25, interprets the introductory verses in the prologues, holding that the
period in which K¤emendra wrote the Deśopadeśa and Narmamālā, fits in well with the time of
king Ananta’s reformatory success after accession to the throne in 1028 A.D.:
“Some discussion is required to understand the period of composition of D.U. and N.M. D.U. is clearly
a series of discourses on important topics for the benefit of the students. When it was written,
K¢emendra must have had some students under him; otherwise why should he write for students?
Similarly N.M. refers to king Ananata’s [sic !] request to compose a satirical poem on the ways of Kāyastha[s]
who were not longer in power then. (hāsāyātīta kāyastha-carita [cf. Narmamālā, first
parihāsa, verse 6.]) Which was this period in the history of Kashmir when Kāyasthas were not powerful?
That is really a vexing question. King Ananta came to the throne in 1028 A.D. and there was no
peace till he defeated the Dards. King Ananata [!] was regarded as a benign ruler when he ruled sagaciously
under the strict supervision of queen Suryamati [!]. This period seems to have come at least 10
to 15 years after his accession to the throne, and therefore, the composition of N.M. must also be during
he same period. Thus D.U. and N.M. must have been written after or about 1040 A.D. or 1045
A.D.”
Luckily, as mentioned above, in some poems K¤emendra provides an approximate calculation in the

Laukika (saptari) era“BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks” 7 . Some of his extant and non-extant works have been cited as examples in
K¤emendra’s poetical works Aucityavicāracarcā, Kavikahābharaa and Suvttatilaka. These citations
are listed in the following table with reference to the edition of RĀGHAVĀCHĀRYA (1961), pp.
11-116. I have grouped the extant works of K¤emendra into five periods according to the dates and
the authors and works that were cited by him. Earlier “groupings” from the chronological point of
view were suggested by KAUL ŚĀSTRĪ,Deśopadeśa and Narmamālā (1923), p. 25, and MAHAJAN,
Nītikalpataru, (1956), p.V.
Table: Suggestion of Inner Chronology of K emendra’s Extant Works
1.
Dated Works of K¢emendra Non-Dated Works of K¢emendra
L[aukika] S[amvat] 12
= 1036/1037 A.D.
Bhāratamañjarī 8
1.
(“dvādaśyām”: on the twelfth
day of the half of the month); mentioned as
“Kathāsāra” in Rāmāyaamañjarī,
Bhatkathāmañjarī
2. 2.
Deśopadeśa (cited in Kavikahābharaa V.I.40)
Rāmāyaamañjarī
3.
L.S. 25
= 1049/50 A.D. (Vyāsadāsa not mentioned in the
colophon);
Bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā L.S. 27 = 1051/52 A.D.
(cited in Aucityavicāracarcā 18 [47]; 30 [86]; 38
[103]); also known as Bauddhāvadānakalpalat(ik)ā
(no co-name Vyāsadāsa)
Samayamātkā
4.
L.S. 34 = 1058/1059 A.D.
(also known as Aucityālakāroddhāra
Aucityavicāracarcā 9 )
5.
Daśāvatāracarita L.S. 41 = 1065/1066 A.D.
3.
Suvttatilaka (Vyāsadāsa as co-name)
Caturvargasagraha
(cited in Kavikahābharaa V.1.59, 63 and in
Aucityavicāracarcā 16 [43])
Narmamālā
4.
Kavikahābharaa
Sevyasevakopadeśa
Nītikalpataru
Lokaprakāśa
5.
Cārucaryā
Kalāvilāsa
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Darpadalana
7 Since information such as lunar tithi is omitted by K§emendra, an exact conversion into the Christian era is not
possible. Detailed information on the Laukika era is found in W. SLAJE, Indische Schriften, Bd 1, Śāradā. Reinbek
(1993), pp. 24-25. Cf. also FORMIGATTI (2005), p. 18, who has checked the dates in the colophons with the help of K.
H. GOLZIO.
8 For discussion of the dates cf. FORMIGATTI (2005), p. 18, also BÜHLER, “On the V¤hatkathá of Kshemendra”
(1872), p. 307, BÜHLER, Kaśmīr Report (1877) (‘sa¥vat 12’ in the colophon of No. 154), pp. LXIV-LXV, GODE 1940-
50 [1942], p. 123 (colophon of No. 481), and also RĀGHAVĀCHĀRYA (1961), p. 422.
9 Cf. MAHAJAN (1954), p. 4, FORMIGATTI (2005), p. 18.
10 SHUKLA (1990), p. 76 on the Cārucaryā: “The direct and simple yet elegant style in CC places the work at a very
high level. The poet’s deep study in different Śastras [sic] is well marked here. His attitude towards life is very firmly
and clearly established. All these qualities of the work proved so significant that even after K§emendra they imbued the
Mugdhopadeśa of Jalha¥a and three Nītimañjarī of Dyā Dvivedi, a writer of the 15th century.”
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Non-Extant Works Assigned to K¡emendra “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
The influence of Kashmiri Śaivism esp. in the Samayamātkā
Bhatkathāmañjarī, and the
mamālāNar-
has been acknowledged. But K¤emendra was clearly trying to blend the philosophical ideas
of Śaivism with those of Vai¤avism. He worked eclectically, borrowing doctrines from various
schools and even weaving them into his satirical works, Samayamātkā
e.g. Narmamālā
II.103,
II.112 11 . Most of the non-extant works of K¤emendra were listed in the introduction by RĀGHA-
VĀCHĀRYA (1961), pp. 10-12, and their position in the inner chronology has been discussed by
of
STERNBACH (1979), pp. 9 ff. In the īkā
Hemacandra’s (12 th cent.) Kāvyānuśāsanaīkā (Chaps.1-
2) some verses of the non-extant works from K¤emendra’s Kavikahābharaa are cited
(Amtataragakāvya, Kanakajānakī, Citrabhāratanāaka, Padyakādambarī) 12 . In Śārgadharapaddhati
(Bombay 1888, No. 3474) I found one verse assigned to K¤emendra, but as STERNBACH
(1979), pp. 9 ff. has shown, some more verses might have been quoted and attributed to Rājaśekhara
and other authors.
Lists of Non-Extant Works Assigned to K¡emendra
Amtataragakāvya
In Kavikahābharaa 5.1.50-51;
Avasarasāra
In Aucityavicāracarcā 20 [57];
Citrabhāratanāaka
In Aucityavicāracarcā 31[88];
In Kavikahābharaa 3.2.19; 5.1.43;
In Suvttatilaka 3.16;
In Kavikahābharaa 3.2.23; 5.1.48-49; 5.1.57-58;
Kanakajānakī
Kavikarikā (probably another title of Kavikahābharaa)
In Aucityavicāracarcā 2;
Lalitaratnamālānāaka
In Aucityavicāracarcā 21 [66];
In Aucityavicāracarcā 16 [26-27]; 20 [56]; 35-36 [96-98];
In Kavikahābharaa 3.2.22;
Lāvayavatī
In Aucityavicāracarcā 29.84;
Muktāvalī
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WOJTILLA (1984), BALDISSERA (1999, 2001 & 2005), KIRDE (2001), have focused on citations and allusions in
K§emendra’s satirical poems with reference to Tantrism.
12
For example, Kāvyānuśāsanaīkā in Hemacandra’s Āyurvedaśāstra,
(Bombay 1934, p. 8) the verse “aga candanapaka°” is
cited as an example from whereas in K§emendra’s Kavikahābharaa V. (Bombay 1887, p. 136) the
same verse is cited in “mama padyakādambaryām” as an example for familiarity with medical science.

In Kavikahābharaa 5.1.42; “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
In Aucityavicāracarcā 16 [29, 39, 42, 44]; 18 [48, 49]; 23 [70]; 24 [72]; 25 [74]; 26 [76];
33 [92, 94]; 37 [100-101];
Munimatamīmāsā
Nītilatā (probably another title of Nītikalpataru)
In Aucityavicāracarcā 15 [33]; 19 [52]; 21- 22 [67-68];
In Kalha a’s Rājataragiī I.13;
Npāvalī
Padyakādambarī (probably another title of Kādambarīkathāsakepa 13 )
In Kavikahābharaa 3.2.16, 18, 21; 4.1.25, 27; 5.1.35, 38, 46;
In Suvttatilaka 3.22;
Śaśivaśamahākāvya
In Kavikahābharaa 3.2.15,17, 24; 4.1.26; 5.1.56;
Pavanapañcāśikā
Vātsyāyanasūtrasāra
In Aucityavicāracarcā 39 [106];
In Aucityavicāracarcā 1.12 [5-6];
Vinayavallī
13 Gerard L. M. CLAUSON: “Catalogue of the Stein Collection of Sanskrit Mss from Kashmir”, in: Journal of Royal
Asiatic Society (1912), pp. 587-627. A Kādambarīkathā of K§emendra was mentioned in a list of manuscripts. On being
handed over to the curators of the Indian Institute in Oxford, it probably got lost, cf. p. 587.
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1.1 MITRA, Rājendralāl (1871)
Notices on Sanskrit MSS. By Rájendralála MITRA. Published under the Orders of the Government
of Bengal. Vol. I. Calcutta, Baptist Mission Press.
[Kalāvilāsa, No. 80, p. 44].
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[Daśāvatāracarita, No. 478, p. 228, Nāgarī; Kalāvilāsa, No. 1553, p. 707].
1.5 KIELHORN, Franz (1881)
Report on the Search of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Bombay Presidency during the Years
1880-1881. Bombay.
[Kalāvilāsa, p. 83].
1.6 (1882) Catalogue of Manuscripts and Books belonging to the Bhau Dāji Memorial. Bombay
1882. [Suvttatilaka, p. 110; Bhatkathāmañjarī, p. 123].
1.7 PETERSON, Peter (1882-83)
Detailed Report of Operations in Search of Sanskrit MSS. in the Bombay Circle, August

1882-March 1883. Bombay, Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 16,
Extra Number.
[Suvttatilaka, No. 270, pp. 5-11; Caturvargasagraha, No. 61, pp. 5, 115; Cārucaryāśataka,
No. 51, p. 4, No. 67, pp. 75-76, 115]. “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
1.8 MITRA, Rājendralāl (1884)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts. Published under the orders of the Government of Bengal.
Calcutta 1871-1890, Baptist Mission Press. Vol. VII.
[Cārucaryāśataka, No. 2440, p. 200].
1.9 HULTZSCH, Eugen J. T. (1886)
“Über eine Sammlung indischer Handschriften und Inschriften”, in: Zeitschrift der Deutschen
Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 40, 1, pp. 1-80.
[Darpadalana, No. 63, p.13, in Śāradā, acquired 1885, deposited in Oxford Bodleian Library].
1.10 BHANDARKAR, Shridhar Ramakrishna (1888)
A Catalogue of the Collections of Manuscripts Deposited in the Deccan College. With an
Index compiled by Shridhar R. BHANDARKAR. Bombay, Government Central Press.
[Bhāratamañjarī, VII, No. 6, Collection of 1874-75, p. 69; VIII, No. 154, Collection of
1875-76, p. 81; XIII, No. 192, Collection of 1881-82, Supplementary List, p. 211;
Bhatkathāmañjarī, VIII, No. 824, Collection of 1875-76 (Supplementary Catalogue), p.
122; Rāmāyaamañjarī, VIII, No. 182, Collection of 1875-76, p. 82 (Śāradā); Daśāvatāracarita,
VIII, No. 132 and 133, Collection of 1875-76, p. 79 (Śāradā and Devanāgarī);
Samayamātkā, VIII, No. 201, Collection of 1875-1876, p. 83, Śāradā on Bhūrja. This Ms,
in very bad condition, is now deposited in the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
(scanned copy is available on floppy disc); Caturvargasagraha, XVI, No. 61, Collection of
1882-83, p. 309; Cārucaryāśataka, VIII, No. 347, Collection of 1875-76, p. 92, and XVI,
No. 67, Collection of 1882-83, p. 309; Kavikahābharaa, X, No. 205, Collection of 1879-
80, p. 137; Suvttatilaka, XVI, No. 222, Collection of 1882-83, p. 320; Lokaprakāśa, VIII,
Nos. 339-340, Collection of 1875-76, p. 92; Nītikalpataru, VIII, No. 351, Collection of
1875-76, p. 93].
1.11 BÜHLER, Georg (1888)
“Two Lists of Sanskrit MSS. Together with some Remarks on my Connexion with the
Search for Sanskrit MSS”, in: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 42,
pp. 530-559.
[Classified list from private collection: Darpadalana, No. 67, p. 540; Aucityavicāracarcā,
No. 116, p. 542; Kavikahābharaa, No. 117, p. 542, copy of a Ms from Deccan College,
Collection 1879/1880; Bhatkathāmañjarī, No. 71, p. 540, incomplete copy of a Ms from
Deccan College 1872/73].
1.12 AUFRECHT, Theodor (1891)
Catalogus Catalogorum. An Alphabetical Register of Sanskrit Works and Authors by Theodor
AUFRECHT. Printed for the German Oriental Society. Leipzig, Brockhaus.
[Part I: List of Works, p. 135; Cārucaryāśataka, p. 186; Darpadalana, p. 245; Daśāvatāracarita,
p. 248; Bhatkathāmañjarī, p. 375; Bhāratamañjarī, p. 440; Rāmāyaamañjarī,
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p. 524; Suvttatilaka, p. 729; Sevyasevakopadeśa, p. 734; Reprint: Wiesbaden 1962]. “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
1.13 MITRA, Rājendralāl/ SHĀSTRĪ, Haraprasad (1892)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts. Calcutta 1892, Baptist Mission Press. Vol. X.
[Sevyasevakopadeśa, No. 3272, p. 23; Suvttatilaka, No. 3273, pp. 24-25].
1.14 STEIN, Marc Aurel (1894)
Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Ragunath Temple Library of His Highness the
Maharaja of Janmu and Kashmir. Bombay/ London/ Leipzig, Nirnaya-Sagara Press / Luzak/
Harrassowitz.
[Bhatkathāmañjarī, No. 291, p. 81 and extract, pp. 300-301; Cārucaryāśataka, No. 936, p.
68; Suvttatilaka, No. 799, p. 56; Bhāratamañjarī, No. 3694, p. 197].
1.15 SHĀSTRĪ, Haraprasad (1895)
“An Alphabetical Index of MSS Purchased upto 1891”. [Printed at the End of] Notices of
Sanskrit Manuscripts. By Haraprasád SÁSTRÍ. Vol. XI. Calcutta, Baptist Mission Press.
[Cārucaryāśataka, No. 1825, p. 40; Daśāvatāracarita, No. 1557, p. 52; Bhatkathāmañjarī,
No. 2763, p. 76; Bhāratamañjarī, No. 1634, p. 82; Rāmāyaamañjarī, No. 1631, p. 98].
1.16 AUFRECHT, Theodor (1896)
Catalogus Catalogorum. An Alphabetical Register of Sanskrit Works and Authors by Theodor
AUFRECHT. Part II. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus.
[Cārucaryāśataka, p. 38; Darpadalana, p. 52; Daśāvatāracarita, p. 53; Bhāratamañjarī, p.
101; Bhatkathāmañjarī, p. 85; Suvttatilaka, p. 175; Sevyasevakopadeśa, p. 176].
1.17 BHANDARKAR, Ramkrishna Gopal (1897)
Report on the Search for Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Bombay Presidency during the Years
1887-88, 1888-89, 1889-90, 1890-91. Bombay, Government Central Press.
[Kalāvilāsa, No. 373, p. 25; Darpadalana, No. 402, p. 28].
1.18 AUFRECHT, Theodor (1903)
Catalogus Catalogorum. An Alphabetical Register of Sanskrit Works and Authors. By
Theodor AUFRECHT. Part III. Leipzig, Harrassowitz.
[Kalāvilāsa, p. 18; Darpadalana, p. 53; Bhatkathāmañjarī, p. 80].
1.19 KUÑJA BIHĀRI, Kāvyatīrtha/ SHĀSTRĪ, Haraprasād (1904)
Catalogue of Printed Books and Manuscripts in Sanskrit belonging to the Oriental Library
of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Compiled by Pa§it KUNJA VIHARI Kāvyatīrtha under the
Supervision of Mahāmahopādhyāya Haraprasād SHĀSTRĪ. Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal.
(Printed at Baptist Mission Press).
[Kavikahābharaa, p. 37 (III.H.3); Bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā, pp. 251-252 (B.1/B.15)].
1.20 EGGELING, Julius (1904)
Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office. Part VII, Sanskrit
Literature: B Poetical Literature, III Poetic Composition in Verse and Pose, IV Dramatic
Literature. London, Indian Council.

[Darpadalana, No. 3928 (2543e), pp. 1490-1491;
Kalāvilāsa, No. 3930 (114a), pp. 1491-1492]. “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
1.21 KEITH, Arthur Barriedale/ WINTERNITZ, Moriz (1905)
Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. Vol. II. Begun by Moriz Winternitz.
Continued and completed by Arthur B. KEITH. With a Preface by E.W.B.
NICHOLSON. Oxford, Clarendon Press.
[Darpadalana, No. 1237, in Śāradā, 1700 A.D., p. 171; Ms used by HIRSZBANT (cf. 3.2) and
later acquired by the Bodleian Library].
1.22 SHĀSTRĪ, Haraprasad (1934)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Collections of the Royal Asiatic
Society of Bengal. By Mahāmahopādhyāya Haraprasāda SHĀSTRĪ. Vol. VII. Kāvya Manuscripts.
Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal printed at Baptist Mission Press.
[Bhatkathāmañjarī, No. 5397 (2763), p. 308; Darpadalana, No. 5498 (8995), p. 412; Cārucaryāśataka,
No. 5499 (1825), p. 412].
1.23 EMENEAU, Murray Barnson (1935)
A Union List of Printed Indic Texts and Translations in American Libraries. New Haven,
American Oriental Society.
[Kalāvilāsa, No. 885, p. 88].
1.24 KEITH, Arthur Berriedale (1935)
Catalogue of the Sanskrit and Prākrit Manuscripts in the Library of the Indian Office. With
a Supplement Buddhist Manuscripts by F. W. THOMAS. Oxford. Vol. II, Part 1-2.
[Vol. II, Part 1: Darpadalana, No. 3928; Kalāvilāsa, No. 3930; Aucityavicāracarcā, No.
5212, p. 330-331; Kavikahābharaa No. 5213, p. 332. Vol. II, Part 2: Darpadalana, No.
7087, p. 1093; Rāmāyaakathāsāra (=Rāmāyaamañjarī), Nos. 7144-7145, pp. 1122-1124;
Bhatkathāmañjarī, Nos. 7197-7198, pp. 1144-1145 (copy of Deccan Collection No. 33 and
of BURNELL’s Tanjore Ms No. 4880) and Bhatkathāmañjarī (Vetālapañcaviśati), Nos.
7199-7200, pp. 1145-1146].
1.25 GODE, Parashuram Krishna (1936)
Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Collections of Manuscripts deposited in the
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Vol. XII. Ala kāra, Sa gita and Nāya. Poona,
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute.
[Aucityavicāracarcā, No. 39 (588/1887-91), pp. 39-40, Devanāgarī; Kavikahābharaa,
Nos. 40-41 (327/1892-95) and (205/1879-80), both Devanāgarī, pp. 40-43].
1.26 POLEMAN, H. I. (1938)
A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New Haven / Connecticut,
American Oriental Society. (American Oriental Society Series Vol. 12).
[Reprint: New York 1967; Bhatkathāmañjarī, No. 2314, p. 112, uncomplete Ms with Nepalese
commentary; Kalāvilāsa, No. 1996, p. 91; Lokaprakāśa, No. 2736, p. 135].
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1.27 GODE, Parashuram Krishna (1940-50)
Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Collections of Manuscripts deposited in the
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Vol. XIII. Part I. Kāvya. Poona 1940. Vol. XIII.
Part 2. Kāvya. Poona 1942. Vol. XIII, Part III. Poona 1950.
[Part I: Kalāvilāsa, Nos. 65-66 (24/1873-74 and 373/1887-91), pp. 79-81, Devanāgarī;
Caturvargasagraha, No. 257 (61/1882-83), pp. 313-314, Devanāgarī; Cārucaryāśataka,
No. 268 (67/1882-83), pp. 324-325, Devanāgarī; Darpadalana, No. 286 (402/1887-91) and
No. 287 (403/1887-1891), pp. 343-345, Devanāgarī; Daśāvatāracarita, Nos. 288-289 (132/
1875-76), in
“BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
and Śāradā, pp. 345-347. Part II: Bhāratamañjarī, No. 480
(6/1874-75), Devanāgarī, and No. 481 (154/1875-76), in Śāradā, pp. 119-123;
Rāmāyaamañjarī, No. 671 (183/1875-76), Devanāgarī, and No. 672 (182/1875-76),
Śāradā, pp. 345-349. Part III: Bhatkathāmañjarī, No. 1286 (33/1872-73), pp. 462-463,
Devanāgarī; No. 1287 (465/1899-1915), pp. 463-464, Devanāgarī; No. 1289 (824/1875-76),
pp. 465-466, Devanāgarī; “B hatkathākha§a”, No. 1290 (115/1899-1915), pp. 466-467].
Devanāgarī
1.28 (1943) A Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of H.H. the Maharana of Udaipur.
Udaipur, Itihās Kāryālāya.
[Kalāvilāsa, No. 706, “List of MSS in the Sarasvati Bhandar Library, Mewar”, p. 20].
1.29 KUNHAN RAJA, Chittenjoor/ SARMA, K. Madhava Krishna (1944)
Catalogue of the Anup Sanskrit Library. Prepared by C. KUNHAN RAJA and K. Madhava
Krishna SARMA. Bikaner.
[Reprint: Bikaner 1993, Maharaja Ganga Singhji Trust; Bhatkathāmañjarī, No. 88/107, p.
214; Kalāvilāsa, Nos. 83/41-87/45, 5 Mss, p. 223].
1.30 JANERT, Klaus Ludwig (1962)
Indische Handschriften. Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner. Teil 1 und 2. Herausgegeben von Walther
SCHUBRING. Beschrieben von Klaus J. JANERT. (Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften
in Deutschland, Band II, Teile 1 und 2).
[Part 1: Darpadalana, No. 361, p. 181, Vicāra 1-7, Devanāgarī - copy by Aufrecht, in Tübingen,
Main Library; part 2: Daśāvatāracarita, No. 821, p. 204, in Śāradā; Carucaryāśataka,
Nos. 833-834, pp. 212-213, Śāradā copies].
1.31 SANSKRIT UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF BENARES (1964)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts acquired for and deposited by the Sanskrit
University Library, Sarasvati Bhavana, Varanasi, during the years 1791-1950. Vol. XI.
Sāhitya Manuscripts. Copied by the Stuff of the Manuscript Section of the Sanskrit University
Library. Varanasi 1964, Tara.
[Kalāvilāsa, No. 41468].
1.32 PURATATTVACHARYA, Jinavijaya (1968)
Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute.
Jodhpur, Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute.
[Kalāvilāsa, No. 11411, Devanāgarī, p. 282].
1.33 RAGHAVAN, Venkatarama [et alias] (1969)
New Catalogus Catalogorum. An Alphabetical Register of Sanskrit and Allied Works and

Authors. [Edited by] V. RAGHAVAN and K. KUNJUNNI RAJA. Madras (University Sanskrit
Series 30).
[Author’s entry, Vol. V, pp. 166-169; Kalāvilāsa, Vol. III, p. 226; Kavikahābharaa Vol.
III, p. 266; Caturvargasagraha, Vol. VI, pp. 320-321; Cārucaryāśataka, Vol. VII, p. 24;
Darpadalana, Vol. VIII, p. 327; Daśāvatāracarita, Vol. VIII, p. 362; Narmamālā, Vol. IX,
p. 374].
“BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
1.34 SHAH, Umakant P. (1978)
Treasure of the Jaina Bhaāras. Edited by Umakant P. SHAH. Ahmedabad, Lalbhai Dalpatbhai
Institute of Indology. General Editor: Dalsukh Malvania Nagin J. SHAH. (Lalbhai
Dalpatbhai Series 69).
[Darpadalana, No. 235 (8660) and Kalāvilāsa, No. 243 (7144), p. 29].
1.35 SHARMA, Dwarkanath (1993)
Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts (Jodhpur-Collection). Part XXIV. Published
by Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute. Jodhpur (Rajasthan Puratana Granthamala No.
168).
[Darpadalana, No.1346 (40350), in Śāradā].
1.36 VELANKAR, Hari Damodar / KULKARNI, Vaman Mahadeo (1998)
A Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Collection of the Asiatic
Society of Bombay. Compiled by H. D. VELANKAR. Second Edition. Edited by V. M. KUL-
KARNI. Mumbai, Desai (The Asiatic Society of Bombay).
[First edition 1926-1930; Suvttatilaka, Devanāgarī, No. 124, p. 41; Bhatkathāmañjarī,
Devanāgarī, No. 1206, p. 339].
1.37 (2000) [Collection Janert in the “Staatsbibliothek, Berlin”, written communication with Dr.
EHLERS and Dr. FEISTEL, 2000; Mss deposited in the Staatsbibliothek (National Library),
Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Orientabteilung. (Catalogue of the Collection Janert).
Cārucaryāśataka, 3260-PH.45 (fol. 8-13); 3261-F.3 (fol. 10-18); 3262-AJ.89 (11 fol.);
Caturvargasagraha, 3291 - D.16 (6 fol.); Suvttatilaka, 4043-FL.48 (fol. 85-114); 4044 -
F.39 (fol. 17-29)].
2. Editions
2.1 DURGĀPRASĀD / PARAB, Kāśīnāth Pā¡¢ura£g (1886a)
Kâvyamâlâ. A Collection of old and rare Sanskrit Kâvyas, Nâtakas, Champûs, Bhâas, Prahasanas,
Chhandas, Alankâras etc. Part I. Edited by Pa§ita DURGÂPRASÂDA and Kâshînâtha
Pâ§uranga PARABA. Bombay, Niraya Sâgara. 160 pp.
[Kalāvilāsa, pp. 34-79; Aucityavicāracarcā, pp. 115-160].
2.2 DURGĀPRASĀD / PARAB, Kāśīnāth Pā¡¢ura£g (1886b)
Kâvyamâlâ. A Collection of old and rare Sanskrit Kâvyas, Nâtakas, Champûs, Bhâas, Prahasanas,
Chhandas, Alankâras etc. Part II. Edited by Pa§ita DURGÂPRASÂDA and Kâshînâth
Pâ§uranga PARABA. Bombay, Niraya Sâgara. 160 pp.
[Suvttatilaka, pp. 29-54; Sevyasevakopadeśa, pp. 79-85; Cārucaryā(śataka), pp. 128-138].
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2.3 DURGĀPRASĀD / PARAB, Kaśīnāth Pā¡¢ura£g (1887)
Kâvyamâlâ. A Collection of old and rare Sanskrit Kâvyas, Nâtakas, Champûs, Bhâas, Prahasanas,
Chhandas, Alankâras etc. Part IV. Edited by Pa§ita DURGÂPRASÂDA and Kâshînâtha
Pâduranga PARABA. Bombay, Niraya Sâgara. 166 pp.
[Kavikahābharaa, pp. 122-139]. “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
Pā¡¢ura£g (1888)
Kâvyamâlâ. A Collection of old and rare Sanskrit Kâvyas, Nâtakas, Champûs, Bhâas, Prahasanas,
Chhandas, Alankâras etc. Part V. Edited by Pa§it DURGÂPRASÂDA and Kâśînâth
Pâ§urang PARABA. Bombay, Niraya Sâgara. 160 pp.
[Caturvargasagraha, pp. 75-88].
Pā¡¢ura£g (1888)
Samayamâtkâ of Kemendra. Edited by Pa§it DURGÂPRASÂDA and Kâśînâth Pâ§urang
PARABA. Bombay, Niraya Sâgara. (Kâvyamâlâ 10). 58 pp.
[Reprint: Bombay 1925].
Pā¡¢ura£g (1890)
Kâvyamâlâ. A Collection of old and rare Sanskrit Kâvyas, Nâtakas, Champûs, Bhâas, Prahasanas,
Chhandas, Alankâras etc. Part VI. Edited by Pa§it DURGÂPRASÂD and Kâśînâth
Pâ§urang PARABA. Bombay, Niraya Sâgara. 158 pp.
[Darpadalana, pp. 66-118; Reprint: Bombay 1930; Varanasi 1988].
2.4 DURGĀPRASĀD / PARAB, Kāśīnāth
2.5 DURGĀPRASĀD / PARAB, Kāśīnāth
2.6 DURGĀPRASĀD / PARAB, Kāśīnāth
2.7 KAUL ŚĀSTRĪ, Madhusūdan (1923)
The Deśopadeśa and Narmamālā of Kemendra. Edited with Preface and Introduction by
Pa§it Madhusūdan KAUL ŚĀSTRĪ. Published under the Authority of the Governments of his
Highness Lieut. - General Mahārājā Sir Pratāp SINGH SĀHIB BAHĀDUR of Jammu and
Kashmir State. Poona (Kashmir Series of Texts and Studies No. 40). 26, 32, 36 pp.
[Deśopadeśa; Narmamālā, Śāradā Mss, discovered 1921 in Raināwārī, Kashmir, now preserved
in the Collection of the Indian Archives, New Delhi, Catalogue Nos. 85-86].
2.8 RĀGHAVĀCHĀRYA, E. V. V./ PADHYE, D. G. / SHARMA, Āryendra (1961)
Kemendralaghukāvyasagraha. Minor Works of K¤emendra. General Editor Āryendra
SHARMA. Edited by Vidyāratna E.V.V. RĀGHAVĀCHĀRYA and D.G. PADHYE. Hyderabad,
Osmania University. (Sanskrit Academy Series No. 7). II, 31, 599 pp.
[Introduction, “Daśāvatārastuti”, “Vālmīkipraśa śā”, “Vyāsā¤akastotra” (extracts), reprints
of Aucityavicāracarcā (pp.11-62); Kavikahābharaa (pp. 63- 84); Suvttatilaka (pp. 85-
116); Caturvargasagraha (pp. 119-134); Cārucaryāśataka (pp. 135-144); Darpadalana
(pp. 145-206); Sevyasevakopadeśa (pp. 207-215); Kalāvilāsa (pp. 219-271); Deśopadeśa
(pp. 273-306); Narmamālā (pp. 307-346); Samayamātka (pp. 349-416), biographical accounts
(pp. 419-422); verse index, index of authors cited by K¤emendra, list of his extent
and non-extant works, with Sanskrit-English vocabulary].
Review: HACKER, Paul, in: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 115
(1965), pp. 415.

2.9 LAPANICH, Pranee (1974)
Kemendra: His Kalāvilāsa. Critically published and translated into English by P[ranee]
LAPANICH. Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Pennsylvania 1973). Ann Abor/ Michigan, Xerox
University Microfilms. 593 pp.
[Kalāvilāsa; critical edition based on five Mss, with English translation, introduction, indices
and notes; Ms No. 36 from Harvard University Library, No. 114a from London, India
Office Library, Nos. 65-66 from Poona, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, No.11411
from Udaipur, Jodhpur collection, Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute].
“BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
2.10 MOHRDIEK, Anja (2002)
Darpadalana. Kritische Edition und annotierte Übersetzung von Kapitel 1 und 2. Wissenschaftliche
Hausarbeit zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Magister Artium der
Universität Hamburg. Hamburg. 114 pp.
[Unpublished M.A. thesis, critical edition of Darpadalana, chapts.1-2 with German translation;
Ms Patan, Jaina-Nāgarī; Nos. 402-403 (1887-91), Poona, Bhandarkar Oriental Research
Institute, Kashmīrī-Devanāgarī; Ms 2543e of the India Office Library; copy made by
AUFRECHT 1906, Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, Devanāgarī; No. 40350 (1346) of Rājasthān Oriental
Research Institute, Jodhpur, Śāradā; microfilm of Śāradā-Ms, acquired by HULTZSCH,
Oxford].
2.11 BALDISSERA, Fabrizia (2005)
Narmamālā
The of Kemendra. Critical Edition, Study and Translation. Heidelberg, Ergon
Verlag. (Beiträge zur Südasienforschung Südasien-Institut Heidelberg, 197). 142 pp.
[Narmamālā, Devanāgarī text, translation “The Garland of Satires”, pp. 41-121, with Appendix
I, “On the Appropriateness of Using the First Two Verses of the Stavacintāmai in
K¤emendra’s Critique of the Religious Hypocrisy of Important Functionaries”, pp. 123-125,
and Appendix IIA, “Some Technical Terms Found in Tantric Texts”, pp. 126-127, Appendix
IIB “Terms found also in the Lokaprakāśa”, pp.127-129, Appendix III, “Texts on Tantric
Orgies” (Jayadrathayāmala, Kulāravatantra), pp. 130-133.].
Review: STRAUBE, Martin: “Remarks on a New Edition and Translation of K¤emendra’s
Narmamālā”,in:Indo-Iranian Journal49(2006),pp.163189.
3. Translation
3.1 SCHOENBERG, Ignaz (1884)
Kschemendra’s Kavikahābharaa. Wien, Gerold (Sitzungsberichte der Wiener Akademie
der Wissenschaften, philosophisch-historische Klasse, Bd. 106, H.1). 29 pp.
[Kavikahābharaa, German partly translation with introduction].
3.2 HIRSZBANT, B. A. (1892)
Über Kemendras Darpadalana. St. Petersburg. 70 pp.
[Darpadalana; partly German translation].
3.3 MEYER, Johann Jakob (1903)
Kemendra’s Samayamatrika. Das Zauberbuch der Hetären. Ins Deutsche übertragen von J.
J. MEYER. Leipzig, Lotos-Verlag. (Altindische Schelmenbücher 1). LVIII, 108 pp.
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[Samayamātkā, with detailed introductory article, German translation, prose and verse, philological
notes]. “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
Review: FINOT, Louis, in: Bulletin de l’Ècole Française d’Extrême Orient, T.4 (1904), p.
468.
Review: PISCHEL, Richard, in: Deutsche Literaturzeitung (1903), p. 3002.
3.4 DAS, Sarat Candra (1907)
Vyāsadāsamahākavikemendrakta Cārucaryā Śataka. Moral Gems from Sanskrit Literature
in Bengali. Calcutta [1966], Gupta Press. 11, 15 pp.
[Cārucaryāśataka; Bengalī translation; reprint: Calcutta 1910, Chittagong 1913, Minto
Press, ed. by Navina Candra DAS].
3.5 DAS, Sarat Candra (1910)
Vyāsadāsamahākavikemendrakta Darpadalanam. A poem showing by precept and example
the vanity of pride. Edited with Bengali translation by Sarachchandra DĀSA. Calcutta.
108 pp.
[Darpadalana, Bengalī translation; reprint: Varanasi 1988, Chaukhamba Bharati Academy].
3.6 SCHMIDT, Richard (1914)
“K¤emendra’s Kalāvilāsa”, [Part I] in: Festgabe ehemaliger Schüler zum 70. Geburtstag des
Professor Mehliß in Eisleben. Eisleben, pp. 5-33. [Part 2] in: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde
des Morgenlandes 28, pp. 406-435.
[Kalāvilāsa, German translation].
3.7 SCHMIDT, Richard (1915)
“K¤emendra’s Darpadalana (‚Dünkelsprengung’)”. In: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen
Gesellschaft 69, pp. 1-15.
[Darpadalana; German translation; reprint: Nendeln, Liechtenstein 1968].
3.8 LANGLES, Louis de (1920)
Le Bréviaire de la Courtisane, par Kśemendra. Les Leçons de l’Entremetteuse, par Damadaragupta.
Traduits en Français por la première fois et précédés d’une introduction par
Louis de LANGLÉS. Paris (Bibliothèque des Curieux. Le Mâtres de l’amour. Le Livre
d’amour de l’Orient 4).
[Samayamātkā, with Dāmodaragupta’s Kuanīmatam, French adaptions based on J. J.
MEYER’s German translations 1903].
3.9 GOVINDARĀJU Hariścandra (1925)
Cārucaryā. Coconada, Kamalā Press. 32 pp.
[Cārucaryā, Telugu translation; Reprint: Madras 1927].
3.10 GERMONTI, Aldo (1926)
Breviario della Cortigiana. Milano, L’Aristocratica. 111 pp.
[Samayamātkā, with Dāmodaragupta’s Kuanīmatam, Italian adaptions based on MEYER’s
German translations].

3.11 MATHERS, Edward Powy (1927)
The Harlot’s Breviary. Eastern Love. English Versions. Vol. II, London, Rodker. 99 pp.
[Samayamātkā, with Dāmodaragupta’s Kuanīmatam, English adaptions based on
MEYER’s German translations]. “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
3.12 RAMAŚASTRI, G. (1927)
Darpa Dalanamu. Gollapū§ī Śrirāmaśāstri Āndhrīk£ta¤. Madras. 10, I, 119 pp.
[Darpadalana, Telugu translation].
3.13 SŪRYAKĀNTA, Mayurbhanj (1954)
Kemendra Studies. Together with an English Translation of his Kavikahābharaa, Aucityavicāracarcā
and Suv ttatilaka. Poona (Oriental Series No. 91). X, 216 pp.
[Basic study of K¤emendra’s life and works, introduction with critical notes, English translation
of Aucityavicāracarcā, Kavikahābharaa, Suvttatilaka, with author and verse indices,
detailed bibliography; Reprint (in parts): Suvttatilaka of Kemendra. With the English
translation of SŪRYAKĀNTA edited by Rabindra Kumar PANDA. Delhi, Paramitra Prakashan
(1998), X, 100 pp.].
3.14 STERNBACH, Ludwik (1961)
“The Third Lesson of K¤emendra’s Deśopadeśa”, in: Poona Orientalist 25, 1-4, pp. 8-19.
[Deśopadeśa, partly English translation].
3.15 CASA, Carlo della (1962)
Il Caturvargasagraha di Kshemendra. Torino (Atti della Accademia delle Scienze di
Torino, Vol. 96, 1961-1962). 28 pp.
[Caturvargasagraha; Italian translation; reprint: Scritti Scelti di Carlo della Casa. A Cura
di Agata Pelligrini SANNINO. Palermo 1998. (Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia
dell’Università di Palermo 11), pp. 113-132].
3.16 TRIPĀTHĪ, Rāmashankar (1967)
of Mahākavi Kemendra. Edited with the Prākāśa Hindī Commentary and
Notes by R. TRIPĀ¦HĪ. Varanasi (Chowkhamba Sanskrit Granthamala 143). 23, 170 pp.
[Samayamātkā; complete Hindī translation].
Samayamātkā
3.17 ARORĀ, Su ama (1972)
Darpadalana. Hindī and Sanskrit. Dillī. 207 pp.
[Darpadalana; Hindī translation].
3.18 LAPANICH, Pranee (1974)
Kemendra: His Kalāvilāsa. Critically published and translated into English by P[ranee]
LAPANICH. [Ph.D. Thesis. University of Pennsylvania 1973]. Ann Abor/Michigan, Xerox
University Microfilms. 593 pp.
[Kalāvilāsa; with English translation].
3.19 KRISHNAMOORTHI, Keralapura (1977)
Kavikahābharaa. Maisur, Sarad Mandir. 71 pp.
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[Kavikahābharaa; Kannada translation]. “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
3.20 UNNY, Chathanath Achyuthan (1977)
Kavikahābharana of Kemendra. Critical Study and Translation into Malayalam. Sukapuram/Edapal,
Kerala, Vallathol Educational Trust.
3.21 ROSSELLA, Daniela Sagramoso (1984)
Kemendra: La perfetta Cortigiana. Versione e Note di Daniela Sagramoso ROSSELLA. A
Cura di Guiliano BOCCALI. Novara, Editoriale Nuova (Gli Orientali), 151 pp.
[Samayamātkā; Italian translation with notes].
3.22 SATO Hideaki (1994)
The Deśopadeśa of Kemendra (Instruction of the Country). Calcutta (Writers Workshop
Saffronbird), 65 pp.
[Deśopadeśa, English translation with notes].
3.23 BALDISSERA, Fabrizia (1999)
Narmamālā
The of Kemendra. Roma, Bardi Editore. (Supplemento No. 2 alla Rivista degli
Studi Orientali Vol. LXXII). 132 pp.
[Narmamālā; English translation with introduction and detailed notes on Stavacintāmai of
glossary, bibliography; reprint: Würzburg (2005), Ergon Verlag. (Beiträge
zur Südasienforschung; Band 197). XLIV, 142 pp.].
Bhaārāyaa, with
Review: STRAUBE, Martin: “Remarks on a New Edition and Translation of K¤emendra’s
Narmamālā”,in:Indo-Iranian Journal49(2006),pp.163189.
3.24 CAUBISA, Dines Candra (2004)
Caturvargasagraha. Hindyanuvādasahita. [Transl. Dineś by] Candra CAUBĪSĀ. Jayapur,
Hamsa Prakasana. III, 122 pp.
[Caturvargasagraha. Hindī translation].
3.25 VASUDEVA, Somadeva (2005)
“K¤emendra: The Grace of Guile”. In: Three Satires by Nīlakaha, Kemendra and
Bhállaa. Edited and translated by Somadeva VASUDEVA. New York, University Press.
(Clay Sanskrit Library). 403 pp.
[Kalāvilāsa pp. 92-317; Sanskrit text (romanized version) with English translation, textcritical
notes and bibliography].
4. Literary Criticism
4.1 PETERSON, Peter (1883)
“On the Auchityāla¤kāra of K¤emendra with a Note on the Date of Patañjali”, in: Journal of
the Bombay Branch of the Asiatic Society Vol. XVI, No. 43, Bombay 1883-1885, pp. 167-
189.
[Aucityavicāracarcā].

4.2 STEIN, Marc Aurel (1890-1900)
Kalhaa’s Rājataragiī. Chronicle of the King’s of Kashmir. Translated, with an Introduction,
Commentary, and Appendices. Vol. I. Vol. II: Book VIII, Notes, Geographical Memoir,
Index, Map. Vol. III: Sanskrit Text with Critical Notes. Bombay.
[K¤emendra as author of Npāvalī, Vol. I, introduction, pp. 24-25, translation, chap. I.13,
p. 1; K¤emendra as author of the nucleus of Lokaprakāśa, Vol. II, p. 313, p. 523; Samayamātkā,
Vol. II, p. 208 “Memoir on the Ancient Geography of Kaśmīr” with important religious
and topographical information referring to K¤emendra’s second chapter of
Samayamatka (story of the “wandering prostitute” Ka kalī). Reprint: Delhi 1987].
“BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
4.3 HIRSZBANT, B.A. (1892)
Über Kemendras Darpadalana. St. Petersburg. 70 pp.
[Darpadalana; Introduction and partly German translation based on two Mss, one acquired
by BÜHLER, in Devanāgarī, and one Śāradā-Ms, acquired by HULTZSCH].
4.4 SCHMIDT, Richard (1904)
Liebe und Ehe im alten und modernen Indien (Vorder-, Hinter- und Niederländisch-Indien).
Berlin, Barsdorf.
[Kalāvilāsa, pp. 554-555; Samayamātkā, pp. 87-93; revised version cf. SCHMIDT 1911].
4.5 ŚĀSTRĪ, Śvetāra¡yam Nārāya¡a (1906)
Aucityavicāracarcā. A Work on the Art of Poetry. Madras (Oriental Press Edition). 93 pp.
[Aucityavicāracarcā with commentary “Sah£daya Santoshanī”].
4.6 SCHMIDT, Richard (1911)
Beiträge zur indischen Erotik. Das Liebesleben des Sanskritvolkes. Nach den Quellen dargestellt
von Richard SCHMIDT. Berlin, Hermann Barsdorf Verlag.
[Kalāvilāsa, p. 569, Samayamātkā, pp. 568-577; German translation of extracts; third revised
edition: Berlin 1922].
4.7 JAHN, Wilhelm (1915)
“Die Legende vom Devadruvana”, in: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft
69, pp. 529-557.
[Darpadalana; reprint: Nendeln, Liechtenstein 1968].
4.8 WINTERNITZ, Moriz (1920-22)
Geschichte der indischen Litteratur. Von M. WINTERNITZ. Band 3: Die Kunstdichtung, Die
wissenschaftliche Literatur, Neuindische Literatur. Leipzig.
[Kalāvilāsa pp. 153-154; Samayamātkā p. 152; Darpadalana, Cārucaryāśataka, p. 155.
English Translation: History of Indian Literature. Vol. III, Part 1. Translated from the German
with Additions by Subhadra JHA. Delhi 1963, Motilal Banarsidas; Aucityavicāracarcā,
Kavikahābharaa, p. 24; Bhatkathāmañjarī, p. 256, pp. 349-352; Suvttatilaka p. 34;
Daśāvatāracarita, pp. 80-81; Bhāratamañjarī, Rāmāyaamañjarī, p. 81; Samayamātkā, pp.
169-170; Kalāvilāsa, Darpadalana, Caturvargasagraha, Sevyasevakopadeśa, Cārucaryāśataka,
pp. 170-172; Vol. III. Part 2: Lokaprakāśa, p. 464; Samayamātkā, p. 624].
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4.9 (1931) Kavikahābharaa of Vārāasī Kemendra. (Chowkhamba Haridas Sanskrit Series
[Hindī
24).
commentary, Vārāasī Reprint: 1967, Motilāl Banārsīdās].
4.10 Nārāya¡ SIMHA, (1932)
commentary; Reprint: Vārāasī 1960, 1964, (Brajmohan JHA, Granthamala No. 118),
1982 (Ramashankar TRIPATHI)].
[Hindī
4.11 (1933) Suvttatilaka of Vārāasī Kemendra. (Chowkhamba Haridas Sanskrit Series 26).
20
[Hindī
pp.
commentary. Reprint (Brajmohan Vārāasī JHA, 1968)].
4.12 DE, Sushil Kumar (1942)
“Some Satiric Poems in Sanskrit”, in: Indian Culture VIII, 1941/1942.
[Kalāvilāsa, pp. 5-7].
of Kemendra. (Chowkhamba Haridas Sanskrit Series 25).
“BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
Vārāasī Aucityavicāracarcā
4.13 DASGUPTA, Surendra Nath / DE, Sushil Kumar (1947)
A History of Sanskrit Literature. Classical Period. Vol. I. Calcutta, University Press.
CXXIX, 833 pp.
[Short entries of various works of K¤emendra, pp. 197, 324, 674-75, 688-92].
4.13 PUSHPA, P. N. (1953)
“Social Satire in K¤emendra” in: Summaries of Papers submitted to the 17 th Session of the
All-India Oriental Conference Ahmedabad 1953 p.191.
4.14 STERNBACH, Ludwik (1953)
Gaikā-Vtta-Sagraha or Texts on Courtezans in Classical Sanskrit. Compiled and presented
by L. Sternbach. Hoshiarpur (Vishveshvaranand Indological Series 6). 182 pp.
[Anthology with some selected verses of Samayamātkā, Darpadalana, Kalāvilāsa].
4.15 MAHAJAN, V.P. (1954)
Kemendra. An Author-Study. A Thesis, submitted to the University of Poona for Ph.D. Degree.
Poona. 390 pp.
[Unpublished Ph. D. Dissertation; a detailed study of several aspects of K¤emendra’s life
and epical works (especially the three Mañjarīs), generally neglected. Discussion of the inner
chronological order of extant works, style, especially the method of abridgement in the
three Mañjarīs, attitude towards nature in the Rāmāyaamañjarī, regarding four versions of
“Rāmakathā”, some notes on the Bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā and Daśāvatāracarita; remarks
on the genuine parts of the Lokaprakāśa and the Nītikalpataru; mention of
Aucityālakāroddhra=Aucityavicāracarcā, in Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute No.
588 (collection of 1887-1889), p. 4; appendices of deśi-vocabulary, verses attributed to
K¤emendra in anthologies; bibliographical details are incomplete].
4.16 SŪRYAKĀNTA, Mayurbhanj (1954)
Kemendra Studies. Together with an English Translation of his Kavikahābharaa, Aucityavicāracarcā
and Suv ttatilaka. Poona (Oriental Series No. 91). X, 216 pp.

[Basic study of K¤emendra’s life and works, introduction with critical notes, English translation
of Aucityavicāracarcā, Kavikahābharaa, Suvttatilaka, with author and verse indices,
detailed bibliography; partly reprinted as Suvttatilaka of Kemendra. With the English
translation of SŪRYAKĀNTA edited by Rabindra Kumar PANDA. Delhi, Paramitra Prakashan
(1998), X, 100 pp.]. “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
Review: RENOU, Louis, in, Journal Asiatique, Tome CCXLIII (1955), p. 522.
4.17 DE, Sushil Kumar (1955)
“Wit, Humor and Satire in Ancient Indian Literature”, in: Our Heritage, Vol. III , Part 2,
pp. 157-180.
[Samayamātkā; Kalāvilāsa, Deśopadeśa; Narmamālā].
4.18 RAY, Sunil Chandra (1955)
“History of Sanskrit Literature of Kashmir: Pre- Muslim Period”, in: Indian Historical
Quarterly, Vol. 32 (3), pp. 232-256.
4.19 RAY, Sunil Chandra (1957)
Early History and Culture of Kashmir. With a Foreword by Sardar K. M. PANIKKAR. Delhi,
XVI, 241 pp.
[K¤emendra’s works, pp. 178-181; Reprint: New Delhi 1970].
4.20 DE, Sushil Kumar (1959a)
Ancient Indian Erotics and Erotic Literature. Calcutta, K. L. Mukhopadhyay. 109 pp.
[Samayamātkā, pp. 15-46].
4.21 DE, Sushil Kumar (1959b)
Aspects of Sanskrit Literature. Calcutta, K. L. Mukhopadhyay.
[Samayamātkā; Kalāvilasa; Deśopadeśa; Narmamālā, pp. 279-283].
4.22 DE, Sushil Kumar (1960)
A History of Sanskrit Poetics. In Two Volumes. Calcutta, K. L. Mukhopadhyay.
[Aucityavicāracarcā; Kavikahābharaa, Suvttatilaka; second revised Edition; Vol. I:
Chronology and Source, pp. 129-133; Vol. II: System and Theories, pp. 283-289].
aucityadī.
4.23 RAMAPALA, Vidyalankara (1960)
Kemendra Aucitya-vicāra-carcā kā prāmāik sa karaa tathā spa¤ikaraa.
Patna, XVI, 136 S.
[Aucityavicāracarcā; Hindī translation].
kī
4.24 BAJAJ, Om (1961)
“The Caturvargasa graha of K¤emendra - A Study”, in: The Vikram, Journal of the Vikram
University Ujjain, 5.4, pp. 51-58.
4.25 BAJAJ, Om (1961)
“The Sevyasevakopadeśa of K¤emendra - A Study”, in: Journal of the Bihar and Orissa
Research Society 47, Patna, pp. 324-329.
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4.26 DATTARAY, Rajatbaran (1961)
“`Vyāsadāsa’, A Name of K¤emendra” in: Our Heritage 11, pp. 73-78. “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
4.27 SARMA, K.V. (1961)
“K¤emendra-kaver anupalabdhā k taya ”, in: Viśva-Sasktam 3.2, pp. 130-141.
4.28 ŚĀSTRĪ, Devadatta (1963)
of Kemendra. Edited with the Prākāśa Hindī Commentary and Notes. Varanasi
(Chowkhamba Vidyabhavan Sanskrit Granthamala 92). 24 pp.
[Cārucaryāśataka, Hindī commentary].
Cārucaryā
4.28 BAJAJ, Om (1964)
“K¤emendra as a Social Reformer in the Deśopadeśa”, in: Journal of the Oriental Institute of
Baroda, 13, 3, pp. 221-231.
4.29 BAJAJ, Om (1965)
“The Darpadalana of K¤emendra - A Study”, in: Poona Orientalist 27, No. 3 / 4 (April),
pp. 69-82.
4.30 BANERJI, Sures Chandra [1965]
Cultural Heritage of Kashmir. A Survey of Kashmir’s Contribution to Sanskrit Literature.
With a foreword by R. C. MAJUMDAR. Calcutta, pp. 58-79, 83-87.
4.31 GAURA, Manoharalāl (1966)
Aucityavicāracarcā. Aliga§h (Bhārat Prakāśan Mandir). 42, 92 pp.
[Hindī introduction and paraphrase].
4.32 Ācārya
GAURA, Manoharalāl (1966)
Kemendra. Aucityavicāracarcā, Kavikahābharaa aur Suv ttatilaka. Aliga§h
(Bhārat Prakāśan Mandir). 75, 112 pp.
[Aucityavicaracarcā, Hindī Kavikahābharaa, Suvttatilaka; introduction and paraphrase].
4.33 LOMAN, Johannes Reinoud Abraham (1968)
“Types of Kashmirian Society in K¤emendra’s Deśopadeśa”, in: Brahmavidyā, The Adyar
Library Bulletin, Vol. XXXI-XXXII, Madras 1967-68. (Dr. Raghavan Felicitation Volume),
pp. 171-184.
4.34 MOTI CHANDRA (1973)
World of the Courtesans. Delhi 1973. 245 pp.
[Bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā, avadāna No. 21, pp. 25-27; Samayamātkā, pp. 179-193,
English summaries].
4.35 DATTARAY, Rajatbaran (1974)
A Critical Survey of the Life and Works of Kemendra. Calcutta, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar.
II, 184 pp.
[Fine collection of relevant material referring to K¤emendra’s biography, discussion of the

co-name “Vyāsadāsa”, historical survey on the ruling kings of Kashmir, index and bibliography;
details of the manuscripts found at the end of the 19 “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks” th century, pp. 113-120, 160-
164].
4.36 KUMARI, Ved (1974)
“K¤emendra’s Grudge against indisciplined Students of the 11 th Cent. A.D.” In: Charudeva
Shastri Felicitation Volume. Delhi, Charu Deva Shastri Felicitation Committee,
pp. 488-495.
[Deśopadeśa, partly English translation; reprint 1997].
4.37 SAXENA, Krishna Swaroop (1974)
Political History of Kashmir. (B.C. 300-A.D. 1200). With a foreword of Karan SINGH.
Lucknow, Upper India Publishing House. XVI, 364 pp.
[K¤emendra and the system of administration in Kashmir, pp. 288, 301, 306].
4.38 KUMARI, Ved (1975)
“K¤emendra’s View about Education”, in: Vishveshvaranand Indological Journal 13,
pp. 411-414.
4.39 SHASTRI, Ajay Mitra (1975)
India as seen in the Kuanī-mata of Dmodaragupta. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass. 278 pp.
[Bhatkathāmañjarī, pp. 24-30; references to the cultural background of Samayamātkā].
4.40 STERNBACH, Ludwik (1978)
A Descriptive Catalogue of Poets quoted in Sanskrit Anthologies and Inscriptions. Vol.1 [of
2 Vols.]. Nos. 1-704. Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz.
[No. 309, pp. 242-254].
4.41 STERNBACH, Ludwik (1979)
Unknown Verses Attributed to Kemendra. Lucknow, Akhila Bharatiya Sanskrit Parishad.
147 pp.
[Collection of K¤emendra’s strayed verses and quotations in anthologies, with introduction
pp.1-39, and bibliography, pp. 97-117].
4.42 SEREBRYAKOV, Igor D. (1980/1981)
“A few Thoughts on K¤emendra’s Narmamālā”, in: Indologica Taurinensia 8/9, pp. 385-
390.
4.43 MOHAN, Krishna (1981)
Early Medieval History of Kashmir. With Special Reference to the Loharas A.D. 1003-1171.
New Delhi, Mehachand Lachhmandas Publication.
[Kingship, administration and business in Kashmir, pp. 96-117].
4.44 MIŚRA, Nārāya¡a (1982)
Nārāyaa
by Mahākavi Kemendra. With the ‘Manotamā’ Sanskrit and Hindī
commentaries by MIŚRA.Varanasi / Delhi, Chawkhamba Oriyantalya. (Gokuldas
Sanskrit Series No. 44). 22, 184 pp.
Śrī Aucityavicāracarcā
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[Aucityavicāracarcā; Hindī commentary]. “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
4.45 CHATURVEDI, Vajramohan (1983)
Kemendra. Delhi. Sahitya Academy (Bhāratīya Sāhitya ke Nirmātā). 88 pp.
[Introduction in Hindī, paraphrases of 51 verses].
4.46 SALOMON, Richard (1983)
“K¤emendra as Satirist: a new Look at the Deśopadeśa”, in: Acta Orientalia 44, pp. 9-32.
[Deśopadeśa; chapter III].
4.47 MOTI CHANDRA (1984)
Kemendra aur unk Samāj. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (Hindī Samiti Prabhāg Granthamālā
260). 17, 219 pp.
[Deśopadeśa; Narmamālā; Samayamātkā; Kalāvilāsa, Hindī summaries with introduction].
4.48 UPADHYAYA, Ramaji / MIŚRA, Ramagopala (1984)
[Ed. by] Ramaji UPADHYAYA [with commentary by] Ramagopala
MIŚRA. Varanasi (Varanaseya Vidyarti Granthamala 14). X, 112, 19 pp.
[Aucityavicāracarcā; Hindī commentary].
Aucityavicāracarcā
4.49 WOJTILLA, Gyula (1984)
“Notes on Popular Śaivism and Tantra in Eleventh Century Kashmir. (A Study of
K¤emendra’s Samayamātkā)”. In: Tibetan and Buddhist Studies. Commemorating the 200 th
Anniversary of the Birth of Alexander Csoma de Körös. Edited by Louis LIGETI. Budapest,
Akadémia Kiadó. (Bibliotheka Orientalis Hungarica 19/2), Vol. II, pp. 381-389.
[Samayamātkā, especially analysis of chapter II, the “biography of a procuress”].
4.50 SIEGEL, Lee (1985)
“How many Vaidyas does it take to change a lightbulb? - The Satire of Physicians in Sanskrit
Literature”, in: Bulletin d’Études Indiennes 3, pp. 167-193.
[Kalāvilāsa, Narmamālā, Deśopadeśa, partly English translation, pp. 170, 176-177, 181].
4.51 BALDISSERA, Fabrizia (1986)
“Satira del malgoverno nella Narmamālā di K¤emendra”, in: Atti del Terzo Convegno Nazionale
di Studi Sanscriti. [Edited by] Oscar BOTTO. Torino. (Association of International
Sanskrit Studies), pp. 1-15.
4.52 ROSSELLA, Daniela Sagramoso (1986)
“Ancora sulla Samayamātkā di K¤emendra” in: Annali della Facoltà die Lettere e Filosofia
dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 39, f. II, Milano, pp. 151-60.
4.53 BOCCALI, Giuliano (1987)
“In Margine a un Testo di K¤emendra”, in: Linguistica e Filologica. Atti del VII. Convegno
Internationale di Linguisti. A cura di G. BOLOGNESI et Vittore PISANI. Brescia, pp. 205-211.
[Samayamātkā].
4.54 SIEGEL, Lee (1987)

Laughing Matters. Comic Tradition in India. Chicago.
[Reprint: Delhi 1989. Partly English translation, Narmamālā, pp. 166, 168, 170-171, 175,
180, 182, 183; Samayamātkā
“The Laughter of Kālī”, pp. 110-117]. “BibliographyofK¢emendra’sMinorWorks”
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“Cārucaryāśataka di K¤emendra”, in: Orientalia Josephi Tucci Memoriae Dicata. A Cura di
G. GNOLI et L. LANCIOTTI. Roma. (Serie Orientale Roma LVI, 3), pp. 1119-1142.
4.56 BANERJI, Sures Chandra/ BANERJI, Ramala (1989)
The Castaway of Indian Society. History of Prostitution in India since Vedic Times, based
on Sanskrit, Pāli, Prākrit and Bengali Sources. Calcutta, Punthi Pustak, 261 pp.
[Samayamātkā, Deśopadeśa, Narmamālā, Kalāvilāsa, pp. 123-125, 133-134].
4.57 SHUKLA, Narayan S. (1990)
Cultural Trends in Kashmir and Kemendra. Delhi 1990, Nirman Prakashan. 377 pp.
[Review of extant works, social conditions in Kashmir, pp. 134-172, discussion of Buddhist
ideals, pp. 243-289, influence of Kashmir Śaivism on K¤emendra, pp. 58, 173-200].
4.58 BALDISSERA, Fabrizia (1991a)
“Una inconsueta recitazione dello ‘Stavacintāmai’”, in: Atti del IV e del V Convegno Nazionale
di Studi Sanscriti, Torino, pp. 15-18.
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4.78 BALDISSERA, Fabrizia (2004)
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