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Nataka
[185.
Begins.-- fol. 1a
भीगणेशाय नमः। नेपथ्ये ॥ समाश्वासितु ॥ भट्टिणी ॥ चेटी अपनेष्यति ॥ ते मन्युरित्यानुबधकुरुवर कुमारभीमसेनः ॥ etc. fol. 2* प्रथमोंका
fol. 2' इति द्वितीयोंकः॥ Ends.- fol. 40
___राक्षसः अरेवसागंधे पुत्र घटोत्कच शोकसंतप्तहृदयां स्वामिनी हिडंबादेवी प्रक्षितुं गतोस्मि ॥ . राक्षसी ॥ रुधिरप्रियअद्यापि स्वामिन्या हिडिं ॥
मुद्रितकुमुदचन्द्र
Mudritakumudacandra No. 186
475.
1899-1915. Size.- Io in. by 4g in. Extent.- 12 leaves ; 15-16 lines to a page ; so letters to a line. Description.-Country paper; Devanagari characters with पृष्ठमात्राs;
old in appearance; hand-writing clear, legible and uniform ; borders ruled in triple red lines ; square blank spaces in the centre of folios ; red pigment used for marking the
portion and red ink for colophons of every act; complete. Age.- The Ms appears to be old. Author. Yasascandra, son of Padmacandra, grandson of Dhana
deva of the Dharakata family who was the minister of a prince of Sakambhari in Sapadalaksa (cf. A. B. Keith,
Sanskrit drama p. 260). ect.- The play describes the controversy which took place in
A. D. 1124 between the Svetāmbar Jaina teacher Deva Sūri and the Digambara Kimudachandra, in which the latter was silent.
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