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474 Story Literature
[ 1298. वेतालपञ्चविंशति
Vetālapañcavissati No. 1298
154.
1866-68. Size.- 5} in. by 3} in. Extent. — 102 leaves ; 8 lines to a page, 19 letters to a line. Description.- Modern paper with water-marks; Devanagari
characters; hand-writing clear, legible and uniform ; borders ruled in double red lines ; red pigment frequently used for marking the portion and yellow pigment used for corrections ; folios slightly moth-eaten ; the Ms is a bound copy and bears the embossed seal of the
Elphinstone College Library, Bombay ; complete. Age.- Saka 1681 ( = A. D. 1753). Begins.- fol. 10
श्रीगणेशाय नमः । अविघ्नमस्तु । यं ब्रह्मवेदांतविदो वदंति परं प्रधानं पुरुषं तथान्ये ।
विश्वोदतेः कारणमीश्वरं वा तस्मै नमो विघ्नविनाशनाय ॥१॥ etc. Ends.- foi. 102
गौडान्वयप्रसूतेन कायस्थकुलहरिणा ।
रचिता बल्लभेनात्र मनसो दडंधारिणा ॥ २॥ ... इति श्रीवेतालपंचविंशत्यां पंचविंशतिम नाम कथानकं .
समाप्तं ।। शके १६८१ प्रमाथी नाम संवत्सरे पौष वद्य १० तहिनेदं पुस्तकं जोतिषोपपामक पांडुरंगसुत हरिरामेण लिखितं ॥
स्वार्थ परार्थ च ॥ श्रीगजाननापर्णमस्तु ॥ ६ ॥ यादृशं पुस्तकं | etc. References.-Mss.-Auf. Cat. Catalo. I, 603"; II, 144* ; III, I 26°.
Des. Catalogues.- A. S. B. Mss. Catalogue, Vol. VII, Nos. 5409-5412 ; Ind. Of. Cat. Vol. I, pt. VII, Nos. •4093-4097.
Printed Editions. There are several editions of this work. Also translated in Vernaculars.
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