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in the accompanying footnotes, are II 320 42, note 167, p. 109; II 366-7 44, note 185. p.113; II 480 50; note 240, p. 125; II 813 63, note 382, p. 155; and II 1116 76, note 494, p. 1806.
The character of the composition in the treatises of the Bower Manuscript is, in the main, metrical. In fact, in the three medical treatises which constitute Parts I-III, the composition is practically entirely metrical. With the exception of soune brief introductory remarks before verse 50 in Part I, and before verses 404, 917, 947, 950, 968 in Part II) which are in prose, and three formulæ (vis., 393-5, 715, and 784 in Part II) which probably are in prose, the three treatises are entirely written in a variety of metres. These metres, arranged in the order of frequency, are the following:
(1) Anush/ubh or slóka, Part I, vv. 10, 11, 28-30, 40, 44-51, 55-67, 88, 105, 112-132; total 50 verses. Part II, vv, 1-34, 38, 39, 43-59, 64, 65, 71-77, 87-103, 119-132, 144-146, 148. 181, 186-198, 201-318, 329-343, 345, 351-379, 383-389, 399-428, 431-453, 460-468, 474-479, 481490, 494-499, 502-509, 514-602, 604-626, 638-648, 716-742, 744-781, 803, 804, 810-813, 816850, 852-857, 859-878, 889-882, 885, 886, 888-898, 905-909, 917-946, 950-964, 968-976, 10111078, 1080-1105, 1110-1113; total 834 verses. Part III, vv. 10-18, 25-52, 54, 57-60, 66-72; total 49, verses. Or a grandtotal of 933 verses.
(2) Trish!ubh (Indravajra, etc.), Part I, vv, 12, 14, 23, 39, 68-86, 89-104, 106-109; total 43 verses. Part II, v, 37, 40, 78, 79-83, 182-185, 199, 200, 324, 429, 430, 469-473, 480. 491-493, 501, 510-513, 603, 627-632, 742, 743, 785, 787-802, 800, 809, 947-949, 965-967, 1079, 1106-1109, 1114-1118; total 72 verses, Part III, vv. 20-24, 61; total 6 verses. Or a grand total of 121 verses.
(3) Arya, Part I, vv. 52-54, 87, 110, 111; total 6 verses. Part II, vv. 60-62, 66-70, 104-118 133-143, 147, 319-323, 325-328, 344, 346-350, 380-382, 390-392, 396-398, 454-459, 633-637 814, 815, 851, 858, 883, 884, 899-904, 910-916, 1119; total 90 verses. Part III, vv, 1-9, 55, 56, 63, 64; total 13 verses. Or a grand total of 109 verses,
(4) Vasanta-Tilaka, Part I, vv. 1-8; Part II, vv. 80-82, 85, 86, 805, 806; total 7 verses; Part III, none. Or a grand total of 15 verses.
(5) Va néa-sthavila (a kind of Jagati), Part I, v. 22; Part II, v, 35, 36, 41, 42, 500, 786; total 6 verses. Part III, none. Or a grandtotal of 7 verses,
(6) Śárdúla-vikrilita, Part I, vv. 19, 41, 42; total 3 verses; Part II, vv. 63, 879; total 2 verses. Part III, none. Or a grandtotal of 5 verses.
(7) Aupachhandasika, Part I, vv, 17, 20, 21, 27; Parts II and III, none. Or a total of 4 verses.
(8) Suvadana, Part I, v, 15; Part II, v. 782: Part III, none. Or a total of 2 verses. (9) Prithvi Part I, v. 34; Part II, none; Part. III, V, 65. Or a total of 2 verses
(10) Mandâkranta, Part I, vr. 9, 35; Mâlini, Part I, vv. 13, 43; Salini, Part I, vv, 21, 32, Kusumita-lata-vellita, Part I, vv, 31, 35; Mattamayara, Part I, v, 37, 38. Five metres which, two times each, occur only in Part I.
(11) Tolaka, Sragdhara, Sudha, Pramárikó, Pramitakshard, and one unidentified; six metres, occurring only in Part I, and only once, vis, v, 16, 18, 25, 26, 33, 36 respectively. Also, Ruchira, Pushpitigrd, Samskrita; three metres, occurring only in Part II, and only once. vis, vv, 84, 807, 887 respectively.
The preceding list shows that practically the three medical treatises are written in three metres, the «lóka, trishdubh, and arya, In a total of 1,323 verses, comprised in the three
