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Mss. collection now deposited at the Bhandarkar Institute. The work is divided into Sandhis or chapters, as most Apabhramsa works are, and bas 27 such Sandhis. How many more Sandhis the work really has, I have not yet been able to ascertain. The number of stanzas in a Sandhi varies from 15 to 25. Sometimes however, a Sandhi has only 9 stanzas, (e. g. Sandhi VI) or as many as 29, e.g. Sandhi IX. . The work begins:
सिडिवहमणरंजशु परमणिरंजणु भुवणकमलसरणेसह । पणविवि विग्धविणासणिस्वमसासणु रिमहणार परमेसक। सुपरिक्खियरक्खियभूअतणुं पंचसयधनुग्णयदिव्वतयं । पयरियसासयपयणयरवयहं परसमयभणियदुण्णयरवहं॥ मुहसीलगुणोहणिवासहरं देविदधुअं दिव्वासहरं ।।
जुइणिज्जियमंदरमेहलयं पविमुक्कहारमणिमेहलयं ॥ etc. etc. etc.
etc. पत्ता अबरुवि पणविवि सम्मई विणिहयदुम्मई कोवपावविहंसणु ।
जासु तिथि मई लहर ण,णसमिद्ध णिम्मल सम्मसणु ॥ १ ॥ Every sandhi ends with the following words:
इय महापुराणे तिसट्टिमहापुरिसगुणालंकारे महाकझुप्फदंतविरपए महाभध्वभरहाणुमण्णिए महाकग्ने सम्मइसमागमो णाम etc. (the name and number of the Pariccheda or Sandhi.) The poems is said to be approved by the most noble Bharata; but it is not clear who this Bharata is.
The seventh stanza in Sandhi I is important as it contains an explicit reference to the Setubandha of Pravarasena, side by side with the Rāmāyanai
सियदंतपंतिधवलीकयास ता जंगइ वरवायाविलास। भो देवीणंदण जयसिरीह किं किजा कन्चु सुपरिससीह ॥ गोवज्जिएहि णं घणदिहिं सुरवरचावेहि व णिग्गुणेहिं । मइलियचित्तहिं णं जरघरेहि छिदण्णेसिहि ण विसहरेहिं ॥ जडवाइf णं गयरसेहि दोसायरेहि ण रक्खसेहि। आचक्खियपरपुठीपलेहि वरकड णिन्दिजा हयसलेहि ॥ जो बालवुडसंतोसहेउ रामाहिरामलक्षणसमेउं । जो सम्मइ कड्वइ विहियसेउ तास वि दुजणु किं परि न होउ ॥ णउ महं बुद्धिपरिग्गहु णउ सुपसंगहु णउ कासविकेरउ बल्ल ।
भणु किह करमि कइत्तणु ण लहमि कित्तणु जगु जि पिसुणसयसंकुल ॥ The reference in line 7, by the words area IATE is to Vālmīki and his work the Ramayana; and that in line 9, जो सुम्मइ कइवह विहियसेउ, is clearly to Pravarasena of the Setubandha fame.
In the ninth stanza the poet mentions several predecessors of his, sonie, like Kapila and Vyāsa, almost mythical, others like Bbāravi and Bāņa of living memory. It is important to note that Puşpadanta mentions Rudrata
