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A.- Katantra कातन्त्रवृत्तिविवरणपञ्जिका
Kātantravrttivivaranapañjikā
792 No. 18
1871-72 Size — 84 in. by 34 in. Extent — 152 leaves, 10 lines in a page, about 40 letters in a line. Description - Country paper, Devanā gari characters with EHITS,
bold and fine writing, but now grown quite indistinct in many places, on account of the wear of time; the first leaf bas become very unintelligible, borders of many leaves spoilt. Very old and worn in appearance. Incomplete. All the leaves have a small square, left blank in the middle with a hole therein; some leaves have short explanatory notes in the margin.
Age – Seems to be of a very old date. Author -Trilocanadāsa. Subject - A commentary on Kātantra Vștti, which is itself a com
mentary by Durgasimha, on the Kātantravýākaraṇa of Sarvavarman. This Ms. contains only the Ākhyāta section, with seven Pādas complete and only a part of
the eighth Päda. Begins - THT aritra Il 8797 I TE Tufa garrafarfar rayot
वर्तते तथाप्यानंतर्यार्थ एव युज्यते । तथाहि प्रश्नः पर्यनुयोग उच्यते । The colophon at the end of the 2nd pāda runs thus - fa त्रिलोचनदासविरचितायां दुर्गसिंहोक्तकातंत्रवृत्तिविवरणपंजिकायामाख्याते द्वितीयः पादः समाप्तः।। A similar colophon with some changes occurs at the end
of each Päda. Reference - See Nos. 740 and ff. of Prof. Eggeling's Catalogue of
the Sk. Mss. in the India Office Library. Also Jinaratnakoša, Vol. I, p. 83, and New Catalogus Catalogorum, Vol. III, pp. 310-311..
