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districts represent the earlier or Southern recension. The Kávyamālā edition and the two copies of the work in the Bikaner Library represent the later or Northern recension. The Northern recension seems to be more ancient but contains many interpolated portions. ( 10 ) Nățyaśāstra-chapters XVIII, XIX, XX XXXIV (pp. 199-241 of Hall's edition of Dasarūpa - Bib. Ind. Series 1865). See Des. Catalogue of Mss in the Govt. Ori. Mss Library Madras Vol. XXII-pp. 8730-32, Nos. 12999, 13000 and 13001. - Catalogue of Bikaner Mós-p. 510 No. 1092. This is an incomplete Ms-203 folios. -- Bibliography of the Sanskrit Drama by Schuyler, Colembia 1906-hardly exhaustive. - Das Indische Drama by Sten Konow, 1920 vide pp. I and 2.
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