Descriptive Catalogue Of Manuscripts Vol 19

Author(s): Hiralal Rasikdas Kapadia
Publisher: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

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Preface
kathākośa (Pr. kahakosa ), Kathānakasangraha, Kathāmahodadhi, Kathāratnākara, Katliasangraha and Kathoddhara. They are as
under :
-Nos. 85, 86, 88, 89, 90
कथानकसङ्ग्रह – No. 100
T-No. 91; 157 stories
-No. 92; 129 narratives out of 258 ClaFar - No. 97; 84 small and amusing stories No. 101 (Sk., Pr. & Vernacular) & 102
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कथोद्धार – No. 103
-No. 87; 8 stories
I may add that Brhatkathakosa composed by Hariṣena in Šaka 853 i. e. A. D. 931 contains 165 Sanskrit stories. There are two Mss. of this work in the Bombay Govt. Mss. Library. A description of both of them prepared by me is assigned a place in Part 3 of Sec. II of Vol. XIX.
Puzzles-This Part I furnishes us with two puzzles, the corresponding page-numbers being 25 and 428. Of them the answer for the first is indicated on p. 25.
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Intercalary months -This topic is dealt with by me in my Preface (p. x of Vol. XIX, Sec. I, Pt. 2). Here I may add the following: :
Year
Intercalary month
ज्येष्ठ
No
35
ΤΟΙ
174
270
Page
47
134
225
372
1670
1524
ज्यष्ठ
1556
FUT
1937
आषाढ
Desire for stability -Some of the Jaina authors have expressed at the end of their work a desire that their work should last till
the stability of any one or more of the following objects:
Sun, Moon, Meru, Himalaya, the Pole star, the Lavana sea,
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