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Extent — 42 leaves, 10 lines in a page, about 40 letters in a line.
Description
Country paper. Devanagari characters, bold and legible, though careless writing. Fairly correct.
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Grammar
Age – Samvat 1888.
Author - King Baijala, son of Vikramaditya and Candravati, of the Chohana family, who wrote the grammar for his son Srihiradhara. The commentary Subodhini on the same written by Gopalagiri.
Subject An elementary grammar in verse. The introduction which extends over 10 leaves describes how King Baijala was led to write the work, with a desire to make his fame immortal and to teach his son Vyakarana whose study is even more important than that of politics. The King seems to be greatly attached to God Ramacandra. The subjects dealt with are :
Begins, f
1 declension and the meanings of cases and syntax. (foll. 1-33)
2 Samāsa ( foll. 33-36 )
3 Taddhita (foll. 36-37)
4 Krdanta (foll. 37-38) and 5 Samdhi.
The commentary Subodhini extends only up to the page 25.
हरिहरगुरुभक्तः सर्वलोकानुरक्तः
त्रिभुवनगतकीर्तिः कांतकंदर्पमूर्तिः । - रणरिपुगणकालो वैजलक्षोणिपालो
जयति जयति दाता सर्वकर्मावदाता ॥ १ ॥ चंद्रावतीवदनचंद्रचकोरविक्र
मादित्यदेवतनयो नयतंत्रवेत्ता । चोहानवंशतिलकः घटनाधिनाथो
राजा परं जयति बैजलदेवनामा ॥ २ ॥
श्रीमद्वैजलदेवेन रामभक्तिरतात्मना ।
इति चिंतितमेकांते कदाचित्तिष्ठता सता ॥ ४ ॥