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212
Alarkara, Sangita and Natya
(185.
Description.- Foolscap paper with water marks; the paper is get
ting brittle ; Devanāgari characters ; hand-writing, small but neat and uniform ; borders ruled with triple violetcoloured lines; the text of Karikās, written in the middle of the folios and indented from the rest of the written matter; from folios 199 onwards the ink has saturated in the body of the paper so that the letters appear inverted on the reverse side of the paper giving a bizarre impression to the folios.
Age.--- The Ms is a modern copy.
Author.-- Anandavardhana ( of the text )
and Abhinavagupta ( of the comm.).
Begins.-- As in No. 184. Ends.- As in No. 186. References.-- See remarks on No. 184.
Sahrdayāloka with Locana
सहृदयालोक with otera (or bare lien or F18211) No. 186
64.
1881-82.
Size.— 131 in. by 68 in.
Extent. — 174 leaves (172 + 2 blank leaves ) 15 lines to a page;
42 letters to a line.
Description.- Modern paper, very thick and somewhat brownish
in appearance; Devanāagari characters; bold, clear and legible hand-writing ; text written in the middle of the folios and indented from the rest of the written matter at the top and at the bottom of the: folios,
