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Magha's verse in SH: On the other hand, verse No. 5 is only in one place of BhPr. (BbPr. 282) attributed to Māgha, while in another place (BhPr. 103) it is attributed to Baņa and in VS. (504) to Bhatta Pradyumna, while verse No. 10, which follows in BhPr. versos Nos. 2 and 5 is not quoted, in ŚP. .
10.1 It may be assumed, however, that the other nine verses quoted in the Annex (i.e. Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12) are authentic Māgha's verses (which are from an unknown to us text of the sis.). They can be considered as additional "new" Māgha's verses from a lost text of the siś. And so,
10.2.1. Verses Nos. 1, 2 and 12 of the Annex, quoted as Māgha's verses in JS (287.9), VS. (1046) and Skm. (131) respectively, being composed in malini-metre were, probably, originally included in the eleventh sarga of the Siś.;
10.2.2. Verse No. 6 of the Annex, quoted as Māgba's verse in SRHt. €197,111), and composed in sloka-metre, was, probably, originally included is sarga 2 of the Siś., the more so as the following two verses in SRHt. (197,112-3) could be identified as śiś. verses 2.85 and 2.86 and verse No. 6 fits sarga 2 well;
10.2.3. Vorse No. 7 of the Annex, qnoted as Māgha's vsrse in PV., was; probably, originally from the third or the beginning of the fourth sarga of the Siś., for it is composed in upājati-metre (indravajrā and upendravajra);
10.2.4. Verse Nos 8 of the Annex, quoted as Māgha's verse in VS. (1861), was, probably, originally from the second half of the fourth sarga or the fifth sarga of the siś., for it is composed in vasantatilaka-metre;
10.2.5. Verso No. 9 of the Annex, quoted as Māgha's verse by Kșemendra in his Auc., was, probably, from the first sarga of the Śis., for it was composed in vamsastha-metre;
10.2.6. Finally, verses Nos. 4 and 11 of the Annex, quoted ic gether as Magha's verses in VS. (3072-3073), were probably originally also iś. verset which could have been included at the end of any sarga-s of th: śiš.
10.3. The placing of "new" Siś. verses in the respective sarga s seems not to present any difficulties, for sarga-s of Siś., similarly as su ga-s of the Kirātārjuniya are, generally, composed in distinct meters and only the last vorses in the sarga-s are composed in longer, seventeen and nineteen syllables metres.
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