Indian Antiquary Vol 43

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 341

CHAPTER VIII]
BOWER MANUSCRIPT
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very fragmentary. The former manual shows that the die which was used was marked with the four numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, ; and that each cast, or rather (as we shall see) set of casts, consisted of three of these numbers. Accordingly there could be no more than sixty-four possible casts. These are shown in the subjoined table.
Number of Groups.
First Class of Four Groups with the same figure thrice."
of
Second Class Twelve Groups with the samefigure twice.
Third Class of Four Groups with the same figure once.
Names of Groups.
Chantayânta (?) Navikki
Paṭṭabandha
Kâlaviddhi
Sipats
Vrisha
Kula...
Mâli...
Vii
Kâņa
Prêshyâ
Sajâ...
Pâñchî
Karna
Chuñchuna ...
...
Khari
Bahula
Bhadrâ
Sakti
Dundhubhí
...
...
...
444
333
222
111
Figures of Groups,
443, 434, 344
442, 424, 244
441, 414, 144
334, 343, 433
332, 323, 233
331, 313, 133,
224, 242, 422
223, 232, 322
221, 212, 122
114, 141, 411
113, 131, 311
112, (121), (211)
432, 324, 243, (234), 423, 342... 421, 214, 142, (124), 412, 241...
341, 413, 134, 143, 314, 431 321, 213, 132, 123, 312, 231 Total of variations of cast
...
...
Number of Variations.
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
6
6
6
36
24
64
All but four of these sixty-four variations occur in Part IV. The four which are missing (121, 211, 234, 124, put in brackets) have clearly been omitted through some inadvertence on the part of the scribe; viz., 234 on the reverse of the second folio, 124 on the obverse of the third folio, and 121 and 211 at the very end of the manuscript, on the reverse of the fifth folio. In Part V less than one-third (20 out of 64, shown in antiquetype), occur. No fewer than forty-four variations are missing; viz., the whole of the first class of groups (444, 333, 222, 111); one-half of the second class, namely, the whole