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274.)
Vaidyaka राजनिघण्टु or निघण्दुराज Rajanighantu or Nighanturaja or अभिधानचूडामणि
Abbidbānacūdamaņi
430. No. 232.
1884-86. Size.— 124 in. by 44 in. Extent.-- 196 leaves; 9 lines to a page ; 36 letters to a line.
Description.- Country paper; Devanāgar characters; the Ms. is
written in about ten hand-writings; some are good but others are bad. Paper is also of two varities--(i)thin variety extending from fol. I to 7, (ii) thick variety extending over the rest of the book. It is full of many lacunae and hance many leaves are blank-- they are- fol. 1672 has only if lines and the rest along with 1.670 is blank ; fol. 1710 has only of a line and the rest is blank; fol. 1722 is blank; there is a big lacuna on foll. 1755 and 184"; fol. 176 is blank on both sides. It is decorated on borders with four lines, sometimes in black ink, at other times in red ink; a part of the Ms. has marks of punctuation in red ink; the colophons and pratikas are tinged with red pigment all throughout. It has got a list of contents covering to leaves which is incomplete. The text of the book occupies 186 leaves. The owner of the Ms., whose name is found on fol. 1a and 186", is PITIA son of ASETA 49. The work was composed in 1235-50 A. D. See Keith
History of Sanskrit Literature, p. 512. Age.-- Sam. 1742; Śaka 1607. Author.- Naraharipaņdita. Begins.-- fol. ra
श्रीगणेशाय नमः । श्रीगुरुभ्यो नमः॥ श्रीकंठाचलमेखलापरिमणकुंभींद्रवुध्या रद. stalofaa vararea stratai Rieti etc.
Same as in No. 231.
Same