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8261. Kamasutra. Substance, machine-made paper (with the watermark Government of India'). 8} x 7 inches. Folia, 1-8 (of which Nos. 3 and 4 should be interchanged and No. 8 is a duplicate of a portion of No. 4) stitched in book form. Lines, 23 on a page. Character, Nāgara. Appearance, good. Incomplete.
The text which runs up to 1. 2. 10 (with occasional omissions) is accompanied by a modern commentary which quotes Kullūka Bhatta, Bhakti Ratnī kara, Gangārāma Bhatta and Madhusūdana Sarasvati. Beginning of the commentary :
मानसभूकृतवासा मधुरा चपलालिसंसक्ता । निखिलजनानन्दकरौ श्यामा कादम्बिनी जयति ॥ १ ॥
मातापितरौ नत्वा गुरुचरणं सज्जनवृन्दम् । रसिकजनानन्दकरौं सूत्रव्याख्यां समासतः कुर्वे ॥ १० ॥
अथ खतः पुरुषार्थस्य कामस्य तत्त्वं विचिख्यासुः परमकारगिाको भगवान् वात्सायनमुनिस्तच्छास्त्रं प्रणयति स्म ॥ तत्रादौ शिशाचार परिपाल यन्ननुषङ्गतः शिष्यशिक्षायै मङ्गलं निबधाति ॥ नमो धर्मेति ॥
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Purūravas
10348. कादम्बरस्वीकरणसूत्र। Kadambarasvikaranasutra.
Substance, country-made paper. 11x41 inches. Folia 1-6. In Tripātha form. Character, Nāgara. Date, Samvat 1866. Appearance, good. Complete. .
In 31 sūtras it speaks of the utility of drinking wine from an erotic standpoint. The text is accompanied by a commentary. Beginning of the text :
अनन्यजखरतन्तौ अनुतर्षखीकरणस्यावश्यकत्वात् । १ । रत्यानन्दस्योहोघे अनिर्वचनौयानन्दस्य कारणभूतत्वात् ॥ २ ॥
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