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Grammar
rent from that of Professor Eggeling's edition which is based on Indian Mss., is clearly seen from the list of variae lectiones printed in Appendix II, p. cxxxiv of Dr. Bühler's Report for 1875-76.
कातन्त्रसूत्रपाठ
Kātantra-sūtrapātha
No. 23
484 1886-92
Size - 9 in. by 4 in.
Extent - 19 leaves, 10 lines in a page, about 36 letters in a line. Description - Country paper. Devanāgari characters, bold and
legible writing. Fairly correct. Complete. Subject - The Ms. contains the Sūtras of the Kātantra grammar,
followed by the Kārikās of Anit, Set and Vet roots. The Sutras consist of 5 sections dealing with Samdhi, 6 sections dealing with declension and nominal formations, 8 sections dealing with verbs, and the rest dealing with
Krt suffixes. Begins - गंभीरमधुरापारशब्दसागरमंदिरं ।
धीरं मंदरवद्वोरं सेवे सद्गुणसुंदरं । (?) श्रीपार्श्वनाथाय नमः । सिद्धो वर्णसमाम्नायः। At the close of the sections dealing with names we have,
निधाय पार्श्व हृदि पार्श्वपाव गुरोः प्रसादादिति शब्दशास्त्रे । सूत्राणि नाम्नां लिखति स्म रत्नः (?) प्रमोदपूरेण मतिप्रवृद्धयै ॥१॥ स कोपि जयतु स्वामी यद्गुणक्षीरसागरे। स्नानं रचयतां पुंसां रत्नत्रितय(?) मुज्वलं ॥२॥ प्रबोधायाल्पबुद्धीनां विहिते सर्ववर्मणा।
कातंत्रेत्र समाप्तोयं नामसूत्रसमुच्चयः ॥ ३॥ There are apparently only 4 arts in this Ms. devoted to कृत् suffixes, The fifth पाद which is devoted to उणादिs is
