Descriptive Catalogue Of Manuscripts Vol 12

Author(s): Hiralal Rasikdas Kapadia
Publisher: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

Page 430

327., B-Sargitate
...1407 संगीतरत्नाकरटीका
Samgitaratnākaratika (Fontagut ).
..(Saṁgītasudbākara ) No. 327
406.
1882-1883. Size.— 9 in. by.41 in. Extent. - About 35 fragmentary leaves ; about it lines to a page ;
45 letters to a line. Description. - Country paper in a torn and decaying condition and
musty in appearance; traces of yellow pigment noticeable on some folios; Devanagari characters; hand-writing bold but not legible being faded away ; borders marked in two or three lines in red ink; some colophons and lines written in red ink; paper grown very brittle and undergoing rapid decay ; folios are in a fragmentary condition making it difficult to trace what portion is covered by them; colo
phons of 3rd and 4th chapter found in a rather illegible .: form; some of the folios are made up by pasting one on the
other.
Age.— Not given; but the Ms appears to be very old.... Author.- Singabhūpāla (Simhabhūpāla or Singaphūpāla .. .." This Singa appears in all likelihood to be Singana ; and
the commentary, was either written by him or dedicated is to him by a dependant.” (See R. G. B. Works-Vol. III,
p. 156). - See pp. 37–38 (R. G. B.-Report 1882-83), Singaņa
was the most powerful of the Yadava princes of Devagiri ri' and reigned from 1131 to '1169 Saka or 1209 to 1247 DA. D. p. 20 ).' .
.. . ... . Subject. — Music, being commentary on the Samgitaratnākara of Sarngadeva. S
o ruBegins. - As the fragments are mixed up and faded away the
beginning cannot be traced. ::