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simply 'plas'. But the colophons in A uniformly represent them as '993.' '9 ' may technically denote a single verse, the meaning of which is complete in itself. But here the form is applied to a canto, and seems to convey the general sense of a pearl.' This is explicitly elucidated in the first verse given in A, wherein the word is figuratively styled 'word-pearl' (TOTA ). In accordance with this sense each canto may be taken to be a string of word-pearls (Total , which the verse introduces to the learned with special recommendation,8 Thus the term 6 well applies to the significance of the introductory verse in A. The use of this term may further be traced to the concluding verses of Cantos III and IV in both manuscripts. It is, therefore, adopted preferably in this edition, though it does not fit in the general title of the work.
Contents : The 376479&iq is a work of lexical character, as mentioned above. It consists of five g as in all. The first three of them deal with homonyms, 5 the different denotations of which are enumerated in detail. The words are not arranged according to the alphabetic order of their initial or final letters. Nor are they classified according to the number of their syllables. But they are here classified into three sections on the basis of another peculiar principle. The first deals with those homoayms, to which the author has to devote a full verse in order to enumate the different denotations of each of them. It is, therefore, styled
lic. The second to deals with those homonyms that can be treated in a half verse each. So it is called s tafore. The third 65 deals with those homonyms, each of which requires only a quarter of a verse for the enumeration of its different meanings. It is, therefore, styled Tiet . This system was very common in the Sanskrit lexicons of this type. 6
The subject-matter of the fourth y differs widely from that of the other a s. This 6% is devoted to the elucidation of the full denotation of technical terms like i, at, 2618, ferunt, qurfesa, g477, etc.
The fifth deals with indeelinables( 8740), many of which denote more than one meaning. It is, however, not restricted to eat 3. शुद्धवर्णमनेकार्थ शब्दमौक्तिकमुत्तमम् ।
og gila Pazit: erat fqif124 11 (1,9). 4. Cf. III, 32 and IV, 86 in the text. 5. Here the term is intended to denote words having the same form but different
meanings ( Bazore or afar ). 6. e. g.. in the शाश्वतकोश, the हारावली, the अनेकार्थध्वनिमञ्जरी, etc.
