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KATHĀKOSA
signs of additions etc. on the top of the line. Some missing letters, in a few cases, are added on the margin. The entire Ms. is subjected to corrections with yellow paste; and, in many places, one wonders why an apparently acceptable reading is subjected to a questionable correction. The sentences generally end with dandas, and the story-titles etc. with double dandas with cha in between. Here and there the stories show a continuous numbering.
The Ms. opens with the symbol of bhale which looks like the number 60 in Nāgari. It is followed by the saluations and the text :
311 91 alacrita il 907 etc. It ends in this way :
___ इति भट्टारकलीप्रभाचंद्रकृतः कथाकोशः समाप्तः ॥ संवत् १६३८ वर्षे श्रावणशुदि ३ रवी । श्रीमूलसंधे। सरस्वतीगच्छे। बलात्कारगणे। श्री कुन्दकुन्दाचार्यान्वये। भट्टारकीपद्मनन्दिदेवास्तत्पट्टे भ० श्रीसकलकीतिदेवास्त० भ० श्रीभुवनकोत्तिदेवास्त० भ० श्रीशानभूषणदेवास्त० भ० श्रीविजयकीतिदेवास्त० भ० श्रीशुभ चन्द्रदेवास्त० भ० श्रीसुमतिकोत्तिदेवास्त० भट्टारकश्रीगुणकीर्तिगुरूपदेशात् स्वात्मपठनार्थं लिख्यापितः ॥छ॥
2. TEXT-PRESENTATION
The editor has depended only on one Ms. in presenting the text of AKP. Despite many efforts and waiting for a number of years, he was not able to find another Ms. What appear like scribal errors alone have been corrected. There are dandas in this Ms.; but in the printed text, they have been adjusted more suitably and a few more added here and there. In some places commas, hyphens etc. are added for a better understanding of the text. The
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