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the rest of the complete Satakatraya. No. 1836 constitutes a minor Y kersion with Bik 3277; no. 1074 is the oldest known codex of version E and commentary, copied within 50 years of the date of composition, given here as samvat 1535, when Dhanasāra completed the gloss at Jodhpur. The remaining three are of archetype beta, one being the oldest known Bhartshari MS, written by the great Jain scholar Pratisthāsomagani, dated Māgha-phālguna samvat 1500, i. e. Feb. 1444 A, D. The information derived from those has had to be inserted hastily during
the final stages of printing this edition. HU: Widener Library of the Harvard University, Cambridge Mass, U. S. A.
MSS studied by microfilm; ordered from descriptions in H. I. Poleman's "Census of Indic MSS in the USA and Canada” [Am. Or. Soc., New Haven, Conn. 1938; to Dr. Poleman's kindness are due the first inicrofilms, sent during wartime; the relevant nos. in Poleman's survey are 2167-2184, 5745). Harvard nos. 165, 271, 468, 632, 1376, 2133, 2135, 2144, 2145, 2131, 1397, 196, 1387; 1848 is a translation, the Rāņā Pratap version. Poleman's brief descriptions have to be corrected in that HU 2133, 2144, 2145, 1387 are of the complete three satakas, HV 2135 being a prākrit Jain Vairagya having nothing to do with
Bhartphari. 10: India Office Library; catalogues by Eggeling [E] and Keith [K]. ISM: Bhärata Itihäsa Samsodhaka Mandala, Poona 2. Numbers cited come after
the name of the individual collection. Twenty eight MSS, made available by special courtesy of Mr. G. H. Khare, who was mainly
responsible for collecting and cataloguing them. Jodhpur): Archalological Dept., Jodhpur State; 3 complete and 3
to 5 (variously reported ] incomplete MSS. By Courtesy of the
Superintendent Pt. B. Reu. Lim(bdi): Eight MSS at the Jñānamandir [Jain Bhandar] at Limbdi,
Kuthiawar. Catalogue published Bombay 1928. Bhandar nos. 885/1, 930/9, 1485, 1103 seem to be complete, the third being a example of the best Jain Näguri calligraphy. Others in the collection are 1739, 1571, 1359, and 1756. By special intervention of Trikamlal M. Shah, and courtesy
of the Bhandar authorities. Mad(ras): Dept. of Oriental Studies, University of Madras; 4 MSS=1 paper
devanagari +3 palm-leaf grantha. By kindness of Dr. V. Rāghavan, editor of the projeoted "Catalogus Catalogorum", from whom much
valuable information was received about other Bhartrhari MSS in India. Meh(idpur): One MS of the complete three satakas, with ff. 1-8, 12-13
missing. Originally from Mebidpur, Indore State, c, I., by courtesy of Sri Bālaswami Mahārāja Nigudkar of the Sri Rāma Viśrăma Dhāma and Vedāśrama, Dombivli. Copied in 1778 A. D. for Raje Sri
Väsudeva Bhăü at Incohāvara Grāma, perhaps in Bhopal state, Mysore): (ovt Or. Library, Mysore. By special courtesy of Di, 0. H.
Koenigsberger, architect to the Mysore Government. This does not include 4 more palm-leaf MSS at the Mahārājārs Skt, College, Mysore
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