Suvarna Raupya Siddhi Shastra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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MS.-C. As pointed out, it is incomplete, for one-nine patras (folios) in the beginning are missing. Only it contains 8 patras (folios) from 10-17 patras and the onward patras after the 17th up to the concluding patra containing the last stanza- are also missing. So this MS. could not be used fully. No doubt, whatever portion is existing, (it) is a well-preserved MS. in good hand-writing. It has only 8 folios, measuring 43 x 6 c. m. 17" x 2-margin of 2 c. m. = half inch on right and left, a little less on top and bottom; ten lines to a page. The marginal space does not vary, and the whole MS. is written by one hand. It has an average of 80-85 letters to a line due to the space left in the middle.
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The margin of the text are indicated by thick golden lines on both sides. and two dots on two sides. Both the dots are perforated. The edges of the holes are worn, indicating that the palm-leaf MS. was also preserved by binding with string.
The MS. is written on thick palm-leaf with golden ink. The corrections in the MS. are indicated by a kakapada in the line and the same in the margin. Usual punctuation signs, i. e. of danda and ardha-daṇḍa are used. Vertical strokes over the words are used as a device for the punctuations,