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ŚRNGĂRAMAÑJARIKATHA
Punctuations, sandhis and paragraphs are added for clearer reading, and titles for stories are put in the beginning for reference facility. Title
The colophons give the title of the main work as well as the substories thus: इति महाराजाधिराजपरमेश्वरश्रीभोजदेवविरचितायां श्रृंगारमंजरीकथायां fa T FTFT TTT The titles of the sub-stories are after the names of the nayaka or the nāyikā generally, except in three stories where titles are suggestive of the theme, namely, F347 TT (8th tale), 3771TFT (9th tale) and #FF9T (10th tale).
The title of the main work is interesting. It is after the nāyikā whose name is Śrngāramañjarī. It seems that the choice of the name is not accidental. It is suggestive. First of all it brings to our mind Bhoja's other work, śrngāraprakāśa, in which he has elaborately put forward his own theory of śrngāra. His fancy for 'Rasa-Śrngāra' probably led him to name his nāyikā Sțngāramañjari. Secondly, as will be shown below, this text has some connection with his treatment of the śrngāra; and, thirdly the sentiment of Srngāra predominates in this composition. Considering all this, it seems that the name of the nāyikā, and hence the name of the work, has been thoughtfully selected.
In the annals of Sanskrit Literature there are many works called 'Śrngäramañjarī' but the 'śặngāramañjarikatha', the present work, is different from them.
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