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Age.— Samvat 1753.
Author. Hanumat. Begins.- fol. rb
Ends.- fol. 9b
महानाटक
॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥
विघ्नेशो वस्सपायाद्विदतिषु etc. up to नक्रादिचक्रं
No. 141
Nataka
शिरो मात्रं गात्रं रिपुरजयदिनं सा किल कुहूः प्रतिद्वेषीकृष्णः स खलु सुरलोके निवसतिः ॥ तथाप्येको राहुः कलयति मार्त्तण्डमपि च क्रियासिद्धिः सत्वे वसति महतां नोपकरणे ॥ ३८ ॥
इति श्रीहनुमत्कृतं महानाटकं समाप्तं ॥ शुभं भ॥
॥ संवत् १७५३ ना वर्षे मार्गशिर्षमासे कृष्णपक्षे नवम्यां सोमवासरे आत्मपठनार्थ लिषितं
as in No. 141 below.
[140]
Age.- Appears to be old. Author.— Not mentioned.
Mahānāṭaka
432 1887-91.
Size.— 1o in. by 4g in
Extent.— 51 leaves ; 8-9 lines to a page ; 28 letters to a line. Description. Country paper; Devanagari characters; very old and worn out; hand-writing, clear, legible and uniform borders ruled in two double black lines; incomplete and incorrect.
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The present work though styled as a nataka really appears to be a kavya. It contains more than 400 stanzas and has characters such as Rama, Rāvana, Sita etc. But it does not possess the requirements of a drama.
