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Age. -- Pretty old. Author.-Not mentioned. Subject.— A story of king Nala who suffered much owing to his
addiction to gambling. Begins.-- fol 14 ॥ ५ ५० ॥
जूयपसन्नो सत्तो समत्तवित्तस्स ज( ? )णइ विद्धंसं । हारियअसेसरज्जो इह दिलं तो नलो राया ॥१॥ रना भणियं भयवं ! को सो नलो गुरुणा वुत्तं सुण । अस्थि इह 'भरह'क्खेत्ते
'कोसोनल 'देसंमि 'कोसला' नयरी etc. Ends.- fol. 120
तत्तो गुरूहिं चत्तो । पिउणा पडिबोहिओ य आगंतुं । परिपालिउं असक्को । वयं इमो अणसणं कुणइ । दमयंतीए वि कयनलाणुरत्ताइ तंतओ मरिउ । जाउ नला कुबरी । दमयंती तस्स पुण भज्जा ।। किंच वयविराहणाओ । ताइ सुरत्तं इमेहि संपत्तं । दो वि खविऊण कम्मं कमेण (मोकूखं ) लहिस्संति ॥
___५॥ इति द्यूते नलकथा ॥ ५॥ श्रीः ॥ छ ॥ श्री ॥ etc. Reference. This work is named as “ Nalakathānaka” in Jinaratna
kosa ( Vol. I, p. 205 ) where its additional Mss. are noted.
नलकथानक
Nalakathānaka 20 No. 338
356.
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nāgari characters with frequent TSAFIS ; sufficiently big, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing ; borders ruled in three to four lines in black ink; red chalk profusely used; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin ; there is some space kept blank in the centre of the numbesed and 30
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