________________
(21) MS. S.
This ms. belongs to the Senayana Bhandār of Kūranjā. It was the earliest to be discovered by the editor and forms the busis of the present edition. Leaves 103; size 11"x5"; lines per page 8; letters per line about 35; margin right and left 11", top and bottom 1”. It is written in a bold and beautiful hand and is sell preserved. It bears Sanskrit and vernacular glosses on the margin. Unfortunately, it gives no information about its date or place of copying. But it appears to ine to be Some what later in age than the mss. D and J. It en is as follows: -
समाप्तमिदं करकंडचरित्रं । छ ॥ छ ॥ श्री ।। श्री ।।
JS. J2. This ms. belongs to Ailak l'annāla! Saraswati Bhavana of Loin!'ay. Leaves 51; size 129"72"; lines per page 13; letters per line about 40; margin right and left :' top and bottom 1". It bears the following colorilon:
समाप्तमिदं करकंडूचरित्रं । श्लोक संख्या १७०० ॥ हस्ताक्षराणि अजेमरागोत्रोत्पन्न फूलचन्द्रेण जयनगरमध्ये लिखितमिदमस्ति संवत् १९७८ मिति कार्तिक कृष्णःऽमी चन्द्रवासरे लिखितम् ॥ शुभं भूयात् । कल्याणमस्तु ।
From this we leara that the copy was completed by Phoolchanıl Ajinera on Moulay the Sth of the dark fortnight of Kartika in Samvat 1975 equivalent to 1921 A. 1). at Jaipur. Thus, it is only thirteen years oll. On examination I found out that it was copied from ms. J with which it agrees throughout aud omits the portion containerl in the missing leaf of the former. The copy is a very poor pierforrnance being full of mistakes and omissions. It is a telling example of how old literature can not now be well preserved by means of copies made by persons who have alsolutely no knowledge of the language. I did not think it worth while to take down variants from such a second hand, recent and ill-executed mg. though I went through it and tried to check the rearlings of ms J. from it.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
www.umaragyanbhandar.com
