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INTRODUCTION.
works of Hemachandra, Vararuchi, Trivikrama, Markandeya, and Seshakrishna, the Prakritamanidipa * of Appayyadikshita and the Shaạbhâshâs'abdamañjarî,f these being the works on Prakrita grammar which I could secure. The Appendices at the end will, it is hoped, be useful to the student of Prakrita.
Havadia.Chakala, )
SURAT. March, 1916. U
K. P. TRIVEDI.
* A copy of a Ms. of this work in the Government Oriental Mss. Library, Madras, was secured by mo through my friend P Varadachâri, the librarian there. The colophon to the Ms. runs as under:
इति श्रीमदक्षिणसमुद्राधीश्वरचोक्कनाथभूपप्रियसचिवसज्जनावलम्बनब्रह्मण्यविरुदाङ्कचिनवोम्मभूपहृदयकमलकुहरविहरमाणसाम्ब शिवप्रेरितेन अप्पय्यदीक्षितेन कृते प्राकृतमणिदीपे अपभ्रंशप्रकरणम् ।
† A copy of a Ms. of this work was also secured from Madras. Its colophon as found there is as under :
प्राकृतभाषाकृत्सर्वान्तर्वाणिना विरचिता एषा। आचन्द्रतारकं भुवि षड्भाषाशब्दमञ्जरी जयतु ॥
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