A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s10.5

v3.c35.s10.5

One of the oldest Sanskrit anthologies has been found in a 12th century manuscript in Nepal. Neither the title of the anthology nor the name of its compiler has come down to us. F. W. Thomas has edited it under the title Kavīndravacanasamuccaya³. One section of the work is devoted to Buddha and one to Avalokiteśvara, whilst the rest of the sections have the same themes as the other anthologies have. None of the large number of poets, whose verses have been included in this collection of 525 stanzas, is of an age posterior to 1000 A.D.