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Grammar
कातन्त्रसूत्रपाठः लिङ्गानुशासनं च
Kātañtrasūtrapātha and Lingānušāsana
276 1880-81
No. 25
Size -4 in. by 101 in. Extent - 42 leaves (2-15, 17-44), 8 lines to a page, 30 letters to
a line.
Description - Country paper, very much worn out all round.
Devanagari characters with partial पृष्ठमात्राs. Clear, legible and correct writing. Margins ruled and red chalk much used. Wants foll. 1 and 16. Incomplete towards the end. The Ms. contains the usual सूत्रपाठ (foll. 2-34b), the परिभाषासूत्रs and बलाबलसूत्रs (foll. 34b-36), शिक्षासूत्र (fol. 366), लिङ्गानुशासनं of the Katantra grammar (foll. 36b-43a) and धातुपाठ, which is incomplete.
Age-much old in appearance.
Begins-The लिङ्गानुशासन begins :
स्त्रीपुंनपुंसकत्वेन भिन्नं येन चराचरं। लिंग जयति तचित्यमशेषागमकारणं ॥१॥ स्त्रीनपुंसकानि स्वार्थे सिद्धानि लोकतो यानि ।
तानि त्यक्ता(त्वार्याभिः क्रमशो वक्ष्येवशिष्टानि ॥२॥ Ends - आनंत्यादिह शब्दानां लिङ्गानामप्यनंतता ।
सुवणैर्घटितं किंचिद्धालानां मुखमंडनं ॥ एवमेकत्वे आर्याच्छासी ८६ षडशीति ॥ इति दुर्गात्मकृतं लिंगानुशासन समासं। The other works including the prin contain the usual text. Cf. 531 of 1886-91 [ = Serial No. 29 below) and 252 of 1884-86 [ = Serial No. 36 below].
