Kavya Prakasha Khandana

Author(s): Siddharshi Gani, Rasiklal C Parikh
Publisher: Singhi Jain Shastra Shiksha Pith Mumbai

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INTRODUCTION
Description of the Mss.
A. Paper Ms :-folios 61, length of each folio about 10%, breadth
about 41" with margins of about " on the left and the right and about i" on the upper and the lower sides. Lines per page about 13, but the number of letters per line varies from 42 to 49 on account of the space in the middle, a practice, it may be noted in passing, in imitation of palmleaf Mss. The middle space is about 11" x 1". Writing is
clear. The Ms. contains marginal notes.
This Ms, bears a seal in the Nasta'liq variety of Arabic script. Its colour is black. It reads: Bhan-chand murid-e-Khush Fahn 1008. It means : Khush Fahn (a man of pleasant intellect) the disciple of Bhanchand. (Hijri San) 1008 -( = A. D. 1599)'
The Ms. begins :- 11 coll T 7:11 HETT=27*HTC Zigfox7] TA: 15:fi Tehat agaia Riy: st 37TĀTETTUDITHTTFORT I etc. ends:- नवीनास्तु एतान् दोषान् उक्तदोषेष्वंतर्भावयंतीति युक्तमुत्पश्याम इत्युपरम्यत इति । कवेगिरां marcante qui etc........... afar RT: 11 & ll se poza wafa: i sa TETE BIT अकब्बरसूर्यसहस्रनामाध्यापक श्री शत्रुजयतीर्थकरमोचनाद्यनेकसुकृतविधायक महोपाध्याय श्रीभानुचन्द्रगणिशिष्याटोत्तरशतावधानसाधनप्रमुदितपादशाह श्रीअकब्बरप्रदत्त षुष्फहमापराभिधान महोपाध्याय श्री सिद्धिचन्द्रगणिविरचिते काव्यप्रकाशखण्डने दशम उल्लासः समाप्तः ॥ छ ॥ संवत् १७०३ वर्षे अश्वनशुदि ५ गुरौ लिखितं ॥ 57 11 : 11
Folio and line numbers given in the text are those of the A Ms.
B. Paper Ms.:- folios 62, length 10", breadth 41" with
margins of about 1" on the left and the right sides, and i" on the upper and lower sides. Lines per page about 13; the number of letters per line varies from 47 to 50 on account of the space in the middle which is about 11" x 1". Writing is beautiful. The last two folios are in a bigger hand.
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It may be remarked here that a similar seal is found in the middle space of the last page of a Ms. of Laghu Siddhānta-Kaumudi-another work of Siddhicandra. This Ms. also belongs to the Bhandāra of Pannyasa Saubhāgya Vimalji at Ahmedabad.
I am indebted to Prof. Saiyad Abu Zafar Nadvi and Dr. C. R. Nayak of of the B. J. Institute of Learning and Research for reading and interpreting both the seals for me.