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166
Kavya
[135.
References. -- Mss-- Auf. ii, 22.
Peters. 425 ( Same as the Ms described above).
कुमारसंभवटीका
Kumārasambhavatika (शिशुहितैषिणी)
(Sisuhitaisini)
334. No. 136
- 1884-87. Size.— 102 in. by 4: in. Extent.- 64 leaves ; IS lines to a page; so letters to a line. Description.- Country paper, somewhat thin and slightly worn
out; Devanāgari characters ; hand-writing, uniform and and legible; verse-beginnings marked out with red pig
ment; borders ruled with double red lines ; पृष्टमात्रा occasionally used; square blank spaces left in the middle of each folio; colophons of folios appear on folios 8, 14, 23, 27, 40, 46, 55 and 64; References to authors and works :- अमर (3, 6, II, 39, 43,51,52,54, 61); गीता
(9); भारवि-किरातमहाकाव्य (29); (शाकुंतल-fol. 29). Age.--- The Ms. appears to be old. Author.- Vatsavyasa. ... . Begins.
"ॐ श्रीजकुंबेनमः ॥ सरस्वती नमस्कुम्मों जगदानंददायिनीं । स्मृत्वा यां सिद्धिमायांति कवयस्तत्वदर्शिनः ॥ १॥ .
अस्ति हिमालयो नाम नगाधिराज etc.” Ends.
“कृती धीमात्मजो वत्सव्यासः शुभहितैषिणीं । कुमारसंभवे काव्ये शुभां टीकामचीकरत् ॥ १॥ अभूज्योतिर्विदां वंशे केशवोबादिदर्पहा। तन्दुधेरविधानाच्च टीकेषा च कृता मया ॥२॥
