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Preface
kathakośa (Pr. kahakosa ), Kathanakasangraha, Kathamahodadhi, Katharatnākara, Katliasangraha and Kathoddhara. They are as under :
कथानकसङ्ग्रह – No. 100
-Nos. 85, 86, 88, 89, 90
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कथोद्धार - No. 103
-No. 91; 157 stories
-No. 92; 12y narratives out of 258
- No. 97; 84 small and amusing stories No. 101 (Sk., Pr. & Vernacular) 8 102
-No. 87; 8 stories
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I may add that Bṛhatkathakula composed by Harisena in Šaka 853 i. e. A. D. 931 contains 165 Sanskrit stories. There are two Mss. of this work in the Bombay Govt. Mss. Library. A description of both of them prepared by me is assigned a place in Part 3 of Sec. II of Vol. XIX.
Puzzles This Part I furnishes us with two puzzles, the corresponding page-numbers being 25 and 428. Of them the answer for the first is indicated on p. 25.
Intercalary months -This topic is dealt with by me in my Preface (p. x of Vol. XIX, Sec. I, Pt. a). Here I may add the following:
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1670
1524
1556
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TOI
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आषाढ
Desire for stability --Some of the Jaina authors have expressed at the end of their work a desire that their work should last till the stability of any one or more of the following objects:
Sun, Moon, Meru, Himalaya, the Pole star, the Lavaṇa sea,
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