Chāraṇī Sāhitya pradeep = Caraṇī Sāhitya pradīp

Description in tabular form of 347 Bardic (Charani) mss. comprising of 5314 works in Dingala, Braja, Hindi and old Gujarati with critical comments. Appendices: I. List of 108 old Gujarati works; II. List of 382 Sanskrit works mainly Dharmasastra, Karmakanda and astrology; III. List of 252 transcribed works; IV-VI: Title, author and subject indices. The oldest Dingala mss. in the collection is Gana Dehanter dated 1745 ad. In addition to literary works also contains several documents of historical and social importance and geneology. Introduction highlights the importance of Bardic literature. [5 more volumes to be published.] Rajputana. Bhandarkar, R.G. see nos. 0855 - 0856