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Nataka
[35.
Description.- Country paper ; Devanāgarī characters; old in appearance; hand-writing clear and legible; folios slightly discoloured; borders ruled in black lines; red pigment used ; the Ms breaks off in the beginning of the 4th act.
Age.— Appears to be old.
Author. Not mentioned.
Subject. Sanskrit rendering of the Prakrit passages from Śakuntala.
Begins.— fol. ra
44
॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥
त्वा रामेशरवे द्विपास्यस्यापि भक्तितः ॥
शाकुंतलप्राकृतस्य संस्कृतिनाथ ईर्यते ॥
नटी | आर्यपुत्र इयमस्मि आज्ञापयत्वार्यः ॥ को नियोगः अनुष्ठीयतामिति। etc.
fol. 4° इति शाकुंत(ल)प्राकृतविवृतौ प्रथमोंक: समाप्त
fol. 6 इति द्वितीयकः समाप्तः ॥
fol. 8b इति शाकुंतलप्राकृतविवृतौ तृतीयकः ॥
Ends.-- (abruptly) fol. b
अ. (अ) राजर्षिरिष्टिं परिसमाप्य ऋषिभिर्विसर्जितं आत्मनोगरं प्रविश्यांतःपुरसमागतः ॥
अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तलप्राकृतछाया
Abhijñānaśākuntala prākṛtachāya
472. 1887-91.
No. 36
Size— rob in. by 7f in.
Extent. - 9 leaves ; 13-14 lines to a page; 35 letters to a line. Description.— Country paper; Devanagarī characters; old in appearance; hand-writing legible but not quite clear; borders
