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Alamkara, Samgita and Natya
[65.
Description.- Country paper, old, thin; last 2 folios are some what thicker and rough in appearance; folios 51, 53, 54, are of smaller dimensions, white in appearance and are later insertions; Devanagari characters; hand-writing is not uniform throughout, different hands are noticeable in different portions of the Ms; the Ms has 10 Ullasas complete with Kārikās and Vṛtti; folio 7 twice.
Age. The Ms appears to be old.
Author.- Mammata.
Begins.
66
Ends.--
॥ श्रीगणपतये नमः ॥
" ग्रंथाविघ्नविघाताय समुचितेष्टदेवतां ग्रंथकृत्परासृशति ॥ etc. ”
-- न तद्विचित्रं यदमुत्र सम्यक ॥ विनिर्मिता संघटनैव हेतुः ॥ १ ॥
इति श्रीकाव्यप्रकाशे अर्थालंकारनिर्णयो नाम दशमल्लासः ॥ १० ॥ समाप्तश्वायं काव्यप्रकाशो ग्रन्थः ॥
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Reference. Same as in No. 55.
काव्यप्रकाश
( कारिका and वृत्ति )
No. 66
Kāvyaprākāśa (Karikas and Vṛtti)
285. 1884-86.
Size.-10 in. by 4 in.
Extent. 50 leaves; 15 lines to a page; 47 letters to a line. Description. Country paper, very old, thin, brittle and worn out; Devanagari characters; hand-writing, very close but clear and legible; verse numbers and colophons marked out with red pigment; square blank spaces in the centres of folios; borders ruled with triple red lines; edges right and left ruled with single and double red lines; occasional marginal notes.
