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(5) Ahmedabad manuscript No. 7118 of the L. D. Institute of
Indology, Ahmedabad. (6) Bhandarkar Institute manuscript No. 385 of 1887-1891 of
the Gāthāsaptaśati with Ajada's Sanskrit commentary (used
for Stanzas 601-637 of the Seventh Cento). (7) Baroda manuscript No. 12681 of the Oriental Institute Baroda
with very probably Bhuvanapāla's commentary (used for stanzas 641-700 of the Seventh Cento).
[ For (6) and (7), see the note printed on pp. 258-259 of the present edition }.
I have great pleasure in recording here my sincere thanks to the BOR Institute Poona, to the L. D. Institute, Ahmedabad and the Oriental Institute, Baroda, for allowing me to make use of the manuscript material mentioned above. My gratitude is of course also due to Prof. A. Weber for ths enlightenment and inspiration that I derived from his pioneering work on Hāla's anthology. I am also thankful to the Prakrit Text Society, Ahmedabad, for entrusting the present work to me.
Poona 4. 1st February, 1980.
M. V. PATWARDHAN
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