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PREFACE
(K) These two manuscripts belong to the Palace Library of Trivandrum. They are referred to in Aufrecht part I, page 452, and described in Oppert II, 532, 6125 6976. Of these, 532 and 6976 are not available and seem to have been lost. Of the two Trivandrum manuscripts, one is 6125 and the other is a new one, in the sense that it is not mentioned in any catalogue. Aufrecht thinks (page 452) that one of these three described by Oppert "quoted by Rām Ráz." But there seems no reason for Aufrecht's supposition. From the description it seems on the contrary that Ram Raz referred to the one called here 'J.'
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Both of the Trivandrum manuscripts are written on palmleaves in Malayalam character. One of them contains 63 slokas on 25 folios with 9 lines to a page of 71" by 11" and goes as far as the first 55 verses, with a Malayalam gloss. The other contains 6 folios of 7" by 1" with 9 lines to a page. This second one is the gloss and omits the verses 5, 9, 10, 14, 24, 28, 38, 40, 45, 48, 52 and 55. They deal with Sankhu-sthapana and the illustration of the Ayadi-shal-varga; but comparison and collation are not possible. Apparently they are not copies of the Manasura and seem to belong to a different work. They are retained in Appendix Л.
Aufrecht, part III, page 97, refers to the Reports on Sanskrit Manuscripts in Southern India by E. Hultzch, vol. II, page 37, no. 1103. These manuscripts are the same as Burnell, Tanjore, page 62, nos. 11080 and 11081, and identical with 'F' (11081) and 'G' (11089).
Aufrecht, part III, page 97, refers to Hara Prasad, I and II, Calcutta, 1898, 8, II, no. 161. It is, perhaps, the same fragmentary manuscript, which now belongs to Mr. Nagendra Nath Basu, and appears to be a recent copy of one of the manuscripts described above.
