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453 पञ्चतन्त्र or पश्चाख्यान
Pañcatantra or Pañcākhyāna
... 17. No. 1275
1868-69. Size.- 101 in. by 4 in. Extent.- 67 leaves ; 16-19 lines to a page ; 46 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper; Devanagari characters; old in appear
ance; hand-writing very small and not quite clear and legible; borders ruled in two double black lines; red pig.
ment frequently used; edges of some folios worm-eaten%3B
folios 2 and 17 mended with paper-slips ; complete. Age.- Fairly old. Author.- Visnusarma, Begins.- fol. "
॥ ६॥ सिदिः श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ ॐ नमो मनुवृहस्पतिर्व्यासबाल्मीकिप्रभृतिभ्यो महाकविभ्यः॥
मनवे वाचस्पतये शुक्राय पराशरहताय च।
चाणाक्याय च विदुषे नमः सर्वनीतिशास्त्रकर्तृभ्यः॥१॥ etc. Ends.- fol. 67
समाप्तश्चेदं अपरीक्षितकर ... ... मिति ॥ पंचाख्यानकं नाम
नीतिशास्त्रं बोधप्रतिबोधनार्थ समाप्तमिति || शुभं भवतु ॥ लेषकवाचकयोः॥ References.- See No. 1252.
पञ्चतन्त्र
Pañcatantra
44.
No. 1276.
1869-70. Size.- 81 in. by 4t in. Extent. -54 leaves ; 15.16 lines to a page ; 28-30 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper; Devanāgari characters; old in appear
ance ; band-writing legible but some what careless and not uniform ; borders ruled in double black lines ; red pigment frequently used ; incomplete.
