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410 :
Alathkara, Sangita and Natya
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References. - Mr. Fox Strangways in his “ Music of Hindostan.”
p. 105 ascribes a work“ Hoftaqam ” to Pundarika Vitthala. It is a matter for investigation if the present work, which is styled as oftaccarat only in the colophon, is identical with or is connected in any way with the संगीतवृत्त TTTT mentioned by Mr. F. Strangways.
संगीत
Samgitaratnākaraकलानिधि
kalānidhi
247. No. 329
1883-84 Size.— 10 in. by 44 in.
Extent.-- 102 leaves ; 10 lines to a page; 40 letters to a line. Description.-- Country paper, in a decaying condition and very
brittle; edges of folios broken down; Devanagari characters; clear, bold and legible hand-writing ; some portion of the text written in red ink here and there ; the Ms contains two adhyāyas only; the Ms is incomplete ; borders of many folios containing page numbers having been torn off, it is difficult to decide which folios are missing ; appearance very old and musty ; colophon of chapter I is on folio 86
and that of chapter II on the last folio. Age.-- The Ms appears to be very old. Author.-- Catura Kallinātha, son or Lakşmaņăcāıya oi Lakşmidhara.
Kallinātha wrote this commentary “by desire of Praudha or Prata padeva, king of Vijayanagara from A. D. 1456 to 1477". ( Wilson : Theatres of the Hindus, vol. I, p. xxii, (3rd eận.)
quoted by B. A. Pingle in his Indian Music (1898)-p. 222). Subject. -- Music, commentary on the Samgitaratnakara of Sarnga
deva.
