Kavyanushasana Part 2

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Rasiklal C Parikh, Ramchandra B Athvale
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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Kavyanusasana
been written at Cambay in V. S. 1390 i. e. 1334 A. D. This P manuscript contains two works. Its first hundred and twenty-three leaves contain the Chhandonuṣāsanaa work of Hemachandra on metrics. The Kavyanusasana begins on the leaf No. 124B and ends on the leaf 252B. There is an additional leaf attached to this manuscript which gives some Prākṛata verses which are numbered from twenty-three to twenty-seven. It is probably a loose leaf of some Prākṛta work.
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Leaves: 127;-one leaf being given there numbers 232, 233, 234.
Lines divided into two lengths of about 4" and 7". Length: about 14". Width: about 2".
Lines per page about 5 to 6, rarely 4.
Letters per line: about 60 or 65. Writing-measure: about 11" x 1" to 12".
There are three margins-two on sides and one in the middle having a hole in it for a string to tie the manuscript with. On the a-page of a leaf there is a red thumb-mark on the middle margin and on the b-page there are three such marks on the three margins. The leaves are numbered on the b side, the left-hand margin giving the conventional letters to indicate the number and the right-hand margin giving the figures.1 The Tippana is written on these margins as well as on the upper and lower spaces of leaves, as also, sometimes, in between the lines.
1 For this and other interesting matter pertaining to old manuscripts see the Introduction to Sammatitarka Vol. V. edited by Pandita Sukhalal and Pandita Bechardas. See also Muni Punyavijayaji's article in the Jaina Chitra Kalpadruma edited and published by Mr. Sarabhai M. Navab, Ahmedabad.
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