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Alamkara, Samgita and Națya
[152.
कुवलयानन्दकारिका
Kuvalayānandakārikā with टीका by आशाधर
with tīkā by Aśādhara (अलंकारदीपिका)
( Alamkāradīpikä )
40. No. 152
1881-82. Size.--- Iog in. by 5 ind Extent.- 36 leaves ; 15 lines to a page ; 37 letters to a line. Description.-- Country paper, thick and in good condition though ... . old in appearance; Devanagari characters; hand-writing,
bold and legible, red pigment used for marking out versenumbers, some words and phrases; yellow pigment used for corrections ; some folios have marginal notes; folio 36 has two lines in the top margin which apparently record the date of the Ms. These lines which are in Gujarati run as follows:
"संवत् १८......ना ज्येष्ट सुदि४ भौमे किं नारी नो सवा आप्यो छ हरिना ८ मांनो" Age.-- Not mentioned in the colophon ; but see the marginal
endorsement on folio 366. Author.--Asadhara, Son of Ramajibhatta and disciple of Dharani
dhara. Begins Text. अमरीकबरीभारम्रमरीमुखरीकृतं ।।
दूरी करोतु दुरितं गौरी चरणपंकजं ॥१॥ comm. ॥ शिवयोस्तनयं नत्वा गुरुंच धरणीधरं ॥
कुर्वे कुवलयानंदकारिकादीपिका मुदे ॥१॥
आशाधरेण कविना रामजीभट्टसूनुना ॥ क्रियते कारिकार्टीका बालानामुपकारिणी ॥
अत्र भवानप्यदीक्षितनामा कविः सहृदयहृदयानंदार्थमलंकाराणां लक्ष्यल. क्षणोपेताः कारिकाः कृत्वा तद् व्याख्यानरूपं कुषलयानंदाख्यं ग्रंथं कृतवान् । कारिकाश्च तत उद्धृत्य क्रमेण लिखितवान् ॥ तत्र निष्प्रण्डार्थ मंगलमाचरांति स्म ॥ अमरीति ॥ eto.
