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कायस्थ निर्णय
No. 245
Size - 12 in by 4g in.
Extent.- 13 leaves ; 11: lines to a page ; 48 letters to a line. Description. - Modern water marked paper; Devanāgarī charac ters ; handwriting legible; paper is much worn out ; many of the folio numbers have disappeared.
Begins. fol. 14.
Dharmasastra
Ends.- fol.
It is a fragment of some work discussing the question as to whether the Kayasthas belong to Ksatriya: caste or not. Authorities from Purāṇas and Smṛtis are quoted. There is no colophon ; the Ms. ends abruptly. Age. - Appears to be modern.
Author.— Anonymous.
Kayasthanirṇaya
522 1883-4
No.
कालचन्द्रिका
No. 245
201
श्री ॥ इदानीं किं कायस्थपदप्रवृत्तिनिमित्तमिति चित्यते ॥ न तावस्कायस्थत्वजातिस्तत्पदन त्तिनिमित्तं । प्रतिलोमजे उडुमाहिष्यवनितायां वोदवै देहजन्यत्वरूप व्यंजकसत्वेन तत्र तस्यास्तस्वेपि चैत्रगुप्तचांद्रसेनयोजकाभावेन तस्यास्तत्रा सत्वेन तत्वायोगात् । etc.
किं तु तपसा पूर्वशरीरधात्वपचयेन पूर्वशरीरनाशेऽपूर्वशरीरे एव ब्राह्मणस्व संबंधः कल्प्यते । यः क्षात्रदेहं परितक्ष्य टंकस्तपोमयैर्ब्राह्मणमुच्चकारेति स्मृतेरातो जात्यंतरविरोधेनैव जात्यंतर संबंध कल्पनस्य.. निर्बीजara ends abruptly.
No.
Kālacandrikā
94 1884-86
Size. 9 in. by 5 in.
Extent. - 34 leaves ; 10 lines to a page 28 letters to a line. Description. Country paper; Devanagari characters; handwriting legible; two irregular lines in black ink on either border; benedictory phrase, marks of punctuation, topics and colophons are tinged with red pigment; paper old, worn out and musty.
A work on dates, months, etc, and the ceremonies to be performed on them. It is a learned work criticising