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56
Grammar
Description - Country paper, Śārada characters, but not always
careful writing, correct on the whole. Fol. 4 has only 4
lines and fol. 5 is written on one side only. Complete. Age — The Ms. is old in appearance.
शब्दसिद्धि
Sabdasiddhi
60
No. 50
1880-81
Size -15.in. by 2 in. Extent - 176 leaves, 4 to 7 lines to a page, about 50 letters to
a line.
Description - The Ms. is written on palm-leaves most of which
are in good preservation though the margins on both sides are partly broken and the leaves are in some places worm-eaten. According to the description of this Mse given on p. 44 of Dr. Kielhorn's Catalogue for 1880-81, the Ms. was complete in 177 leaves with fol. 32 numbered twice, making in all 178 leaves. The Ms. now wants the first leaf and goes down upto leaf 175, after which there is a half broken leaf written in a different handwriting, which might be the one mentioned by Dr. Kielhorn as noting the transfer of ownership of the Ms. The ink on this leaf is quite faded and it is hard to identify the letters. Fol. 32 is numbered twice. In the place of the first leaf we have another the writing on which is quite gone, although a few blank palm-leaves protect both the beginning and the end of the Ms. from being worn off by use. Whether this represents the original first leaf or not cannot be determined. Fol. 88 is absent altogether. The Ms. is written in bold Devanāgari characters with 78HTITS. A small space about in. is left blank in the middle of the page with a hole in the centre for the string which fastened the Ms. upto 30. The leaves are
