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Alamkara, Samgita and Natya
Extent. 47 leaves; 10 lines to a page, 32 letters to a line. Description. Country paper, very old, rough and slightly fibrous in appearance; Devanagari characters; hand-writing of medium size, clear and legible but somewhat careless; occasional marginal notes; some of the folios present a bizarre appearance; corrections made with yellow pigment; certain words are marked out with red pigment; contents are given on an additional folio and on fol. 1a. Age. The Ms is very
old.
Author.- Vamana.
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श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ श्रीवामनाय नमः ॥ प्रणम्य परमं ज्योतिवामनेन कविप्रिया ।
काव्यालंकारसूत्राणां स्वेष्टा वृत्तिर्विधीयते ॥ etc.
“ - अनयैव दिशाकार्य शेषाणामप्यवेक्षणम् ॥ इति श्रीवामनसूत्रवृत्ती प्रायोगिके पंचमेधिकरणे द्वितीयोध्यायः समाप्तोयः ॥
गर्योपनाम्नो रुद्रमूनोबलशास्त्रिणः पुस्तकं दत्तियापुरे लिखितं नव्हे पाठक
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References. I Mss: Aufrecht i, 103a; ii, 20b.
[ 136.
Aufrecht wrongly includes this and two other Mss (Nos. 527-28 of 1884-87) of this library under the title FREE and com. These Mss. contain only the commentary. Sanskrit Poetics, Vol. I, p. 82.
2. S. K. De
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3. Editions.
Kavyamālā 15, 1889-The Kavyalaṁkārasūtra of Vamana with his own Vṛtti. Besides this there are numerous editions. Cf. Sanskrit Poetics Vol. I. p. 84.
