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TRANSLATION
VOL. 40, PT. 4, 1950]
end of the Samvat year 1512, while he was staying in the city of Citrakūta,30 honored greatly by the community. He who recites or causes to be recited this tale, to him come success, prosperity, happiness, and joy. (322)
30 Chittor in Udaipur. See fn. 8 of Introduction.
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Thus is completed the sacred tale of King Nala and Davadanti composed by śrī Ṛṣivardhana sūri. Fourhundred and eighty-one are the slokas by count in the Prakrit tale according to the reckoning by separate akaras.
May there be good fortune.
