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works which have not yet been met with elsewhere, and it has therefore been considered advisable to arrange for the preparation of accurate catalogues of the contents of these two as well as of the two other libraries which have been discovered. The palm-leaf MSS. in these Southern collections and some of their paper MSS. are written in the Canarese character
6. In the Northern Circle catalogues were prepared, under the supervision of Dr. Bühler, of a small private Library and of the large Samghavi Bhandàr at Pathan. Both these Libraries contain only palm-leaf MSS., the former 89, and the latter 527. Of the MSS. of the smaller Library 26 are dated, the oldest Samvat 1186, and the latest Samvat 1456; 22 of the dated MSS. were written between A.D. 1150 and 1300, one before, and three later. Of the 527 MSS. of the Samghavi Bhandâr 143 are dated; of these the oldest bears the date Samvat 1120, and the latest the date Samvat 1505. The number of those written during the 14th century of the Christian era (more accurately between A.D. 1290 and 1390) is surprisingly small, a fact which probably may be accounted for by the unsettled state of the country after the fall of Anhilwâd in A.D. 1297.
7. However valuable these two collections may be for researches regarding the Jain religion and literature and for the history of Gujarât, it is a matter for regret that among the old MSS. which they contain only the following (the titles of which are given from the MS. list) are likely to interest Sanskrit scholars generally :1. Anekarthasamuchchaya by SÂśVATA; 93 II. ; Samvat
1240 (copied for Government). 2. Alamkaravritti; 305 11.; incomplete. 3. Uņádisútravritti by HEMACHANDRA; 155 11. 4. Kátantravrittivivarana by TRILOCHANADÂSA; 288 II. 5. Kavyâdarśa by DAŅDIN; 49 11., incomplete ; Samvat
1190. 6. Kávyálamkâra by VÂMANA; 36 11. 7. Gaudavadha kâvya ; 110 II.; Samvat 1286.
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