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Critical Account of Manuscripts
ग्रंथास ४००० संवत् १६६८ वर्षे आषाढ वद ४ []दने वारसोमे लक्षतं सुभं भवतु ॥ श्री कल्याणमस्तु ॥ छ ॥
5. B. This manuscript is also more than three hundred years old having been written in V. S. 1668 i. e. A. D. 1612 - a month before the last one.
Leaves : 84.
Length 10-4"; Width : 4•2". Lines per page : about 15. Letters per line about 51.
Some leaves in this manuscript seem to be substitutes for the older ones which were, probably soiled. B. begins like A.
Ends इत्याचार्य श्री हेमचन्द्र विरचितेविवेकेऽष्टमोध्यायः समाप्तः ॥ छ ॥ प्रन्थानं ४००० संवत् १६६८ वर्षे ज [जे] ठसूद २ शुक्ले ॥
On the margin of the leaf 84B, in a different handwriting, is written the word काव्यानुशासनकथा ॥. Some scribe, not knowing what the Kavyānuṣāsana was, thought it to be a katha or a story.
6. C. This manuscript is not its calligraphy seems to be older Where A and B failed to give correct readings this manuscript proved very helpful.
Leaves : 79.
Length : 10; Width : 4•4” Lines per page : about 15.
Letters per line : about 56.
C. begins on the leaf 1B with auspicious marks. Then comes श्री गणेशाय नमः । श्री सारदायै नमः | श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः । ॥ अहं ॥ विवरीतुं क्वचिद्दब्धं etc.
Ends इत्याचार्य श्री हेमचन्द्रविरचिते विवेकेऽष्टमोध्यायः समाप्तः ॥ व ॥ प्रथमं श्लोकसहस्रचत्वारि ॥ अके ४००० ॥ ब ॥ श्री ॥ छ ॥ श्री ॥ श्री ॥ ब ॥ श्री ॥ शुभं भवतुः ! कल्याणं ॥
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