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[ 63.
Reference. For additional Mss. see Jaina Gurjara Kavio ( Vol. II,
pp. 423-424 ) and for extracts see my introduction (pp. 18-19) to Anekārtharatnamañjüşā and Jaina Gurjara Kavio ( Vol. III, Pt. II, pp. 1371-1373' ).
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उत्तमकुमारचरित
Uttamakumāracarita No. 64
1586.
1891-95. Size.--101 in. by 4 in. Extent.- 43 folios; 13 lines to a page; 34 letters to a line. Description. Country paper somewhat thick, tough and white;
Jaipa Devanāgari characters ; big, perfectly legible, uniform and beautiful hand-writing ; borders ruled in two lines and edges in one, in red ink; numbers for verses, their dandas, last four lines etc., written in red ink; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; fol. så blank; yellow pigment used while making corrections ; bits of white paper pasted to a few foll.; condition on the whole good ; complete ; the entire work is divided into three adhıkāras ; the extent of each of them is as under :Adhikāra I foll. it to fol. 166
II , 166 , „ 292
III , 298 „ „ 436. Total extent 1260 šlokas. Age.- Samvat 1767. Begins. fol. Id 1 s TUTETIT FA:
* T 2107 ay etc. as in No. 63. Ends. fol. 436
faa hats etc, up to faagi SIA 18C01 as in No. 63. This is followed by the lines as under:--
इति श्रीविनयचंद्रविरचिते । सरस ढाल पवते सचातुर्यधैर्यसौ(शौर्यगांभीर्यादिगुणगणामत्रे श्रीमहाराजकुमारचरित्रे। 'निरवाणपदप्ताप्तिसम1 Additional Mus. are noted on this page. Here it is said that Mahārājakumāra-caritra is a misnomer. Is it so?
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