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5. Sādhāraṇa
6. Varṇālankāra
7. Jāti 8. Gīti
In the Calcutta edition,' the first of these prakaranas is called the Introductory section and the rest of the adhyaya is divided into seven sections. In the Preface there, the fifth section is called Sadhāraṇa and the Varṇālankāra is spoken of as the fourth; but in the text itself the order of these sections is as given in the present edition. I am adding a detailed list of contents, which, it is hoped, will be of use to the readers to understand the whole subject matter at a glance.
S'arngadeva, the author of the Sangītaratnākara, gives some information about himself in the beginning of the work, before he begins the summary of the work, in the first prakarana of the first adhyaya. The first verse is a mangala. Then he speaks of his family," which traces its origin to Kashmere. The family goes back to the sage Vṛṣagana. In that family there was one Bhaskara,' who migrated to the south." His son
1 Preface, p. ii.
9 p. iii.
3 Verses 2-14.
'अस्ति स्वस्तिगृहं वंश: verse 2.
" श्रीमत्काश्मीरसंभव: Ibid.
ऋषेर्वृषगणाज्जात: Ibid.
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7 तत्राभूद्भास्करप्रख्यः verse 4.
अलंकर्तु दक्षिणाशां यश्व के दक्षिणायनम् Ibid.
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