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tional Mss. see Jinaratnakośa ( Vol. I, p. 313).
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१ मृगांवतीचरित
Mrgāvaticarita
757. . No. 496
1875-76. . Size.- 128 in. by 4 in.
Extent.- 36 folios ; 15 lines to a page; 58 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thin, rough and grey; Devanagari
characters with occasional TEATATS; small, legible and good hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink ; red chalk used; foll. numbered as usual; fol. 1 blank; a corner of the 19th fol. slightly torn ; such is the case with foll. 22, 25, 31 and 36%3 condition tolerably good%3;
complete ; extent 1853 slokas. Age.- Not modern. 15 Begins.- fol. 10
___ जयंति वर्द्धमानस्य etc. as in No. 495. Ends.- fol. 360
बुधभ्रमरचुंबितं सकलमागमारामतः ।
विचिंत्य कुसुमोज्वलं सरसमर्थजातं मया। इदं किल मृगावतीचरितपुष्पमादाहतं ।
दिशत् किमपि सौरभ सुचिरमस्तु कंठे सतां ॥ ६॥ gfa etc. up to fama: ll as in No. 495. This is followed by the lines as under :
शुभं भूयात् पाठकलेषकयोश्च ॥ छ ॥ श्री। छ । ग्रंथानं १८५३ शुभं भूयात् ॥ छ । N. B.- For further details see No. 495.