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Age. - Pretty old. Author.-Not mentioned. Subject.— A story of king Nala who suffered much owing to his
addiction to gambling. Begins.-- fol 1 ॥ ५ १० ॥
जूयपसन्नो सत्तो समत्तवित्तस्स ज( ? )णइ विद्धंसं । हारियअसेसरज्जो इह दिहंतो नलो राया ॥१॥ रना भणिय भयवं ! को सो नलो गुरुणा वुत्तं सुण । अस्थि इह 'भरह'क्खेत्ते
'कोसोनल 'देसंमि 'कोसला' नयरी etc. Ends.- fol. 120
तत्तो गुरूहिं चत्तो । पिउणा पडिबोहिओ य आगंतु । परिपालिउं असक्को । वयं इमो अणसणं कुणइ। . दमयंतीए वि कयनलाणुरत्ताइ तंतओ मरिउ । जाउ नलो कुबेरो। दमयंती तस्स पुण भज्जा ।। किंच वयविराहणाओ । ताइ सुरत्तं इमेहि संपत्तं । दो वि खविऊण कम्मं कमेण (मोकूखं) लहिस्संति ।।
____ ॥ इति द्यूते नलकथा ।। ७ ।। श्रीः ॥ छ ॥ श्री ॥ etc. Reference.-- This work is named as "Nalakathanaka" in Jinaratna.
kosa (Vol. I, p. 205) where its additional Mss. are noted.
नलकथानक
Nalakathanaka 20
356. No. 338
1871-72. Size.- II in. by 4, in. Extent.-- 11 folios; 18 to 19 lines to a page ; 42 letters to a line..in Description. - Country paper thin, tough and white ; Jaina Deva- 25
nāgari characters with frequent TETETTS; sufficiently big, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing'; borders ruled in three to four lines in black ink; red chalk profusely used; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; there is some space kept blank in the centre of the numbered and 30
