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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface by the General Editor Abbreviations
p. ii Introduction : (Figures within the brackets refer to Paragraphs).
Introductory (1-3); the Baroda manuscript of the Svayambhūcchandas (4); the Palm-leaf manuscript from Tibet (5); the five Ambas or Mātrā Ganas (6); Gāthā derived from Skandhaka (7); origin of Gāthā (8); contents of the Palm-leaf manuscript: Gīti, Galitaka, Khañjaka, Sirsaka (9); Māgadha Jāti, where the Vaitālīya group is derived from the Māgadhikā (10); Contents of the Baroda manuscript : Varna Vșttas and their peculiarities (11-12); Ardhasama Vsttas (13); Vişama Vșttas (14); shorter and longer Catușpadis are respectively called Vastuka and Dhruvaka by Svayambhū (15); Rājasekhara follows Svayambhū in this distinction, while Hemacandra does not (16); Phonetic peculiarities of Apabhramśa prosody noticed by Svayambhū (17); Utsäha, Dohā, Mātrā and Vadana with their varieties; terms of general signification like Dhavala, and Mangala employed by Svayambhū (18); Rāsābandha and Sandhibandha Kāvyas in Apabhraíśa (19-20); illustrations in Svayambhū (21-22); his directions about the inter-relation between the Varņa Vrttas of different length and their origination from one another (23); the underlying principle which helped in the growth of new metres from the old (24); Svayambhū was conscious of this, but has not clearly enunciated it nor followed it up systematically (25); Chandaḥśekhara of Rājasekhara : Contents of the available chapter (26); Svayambhū and Rājasekhara (27); manuscript of Chandaḥsekhara (28); Rājase
khara : his date and account (29); conclusion (30). Text of Svayambhücchandas (Uttarabhāga)
1-102 Text of Svayambhūcchandas (Purvabhāga)
103-127 Variant Readings from the Palm-leaf manuscript
128 Chandaḥsekhara (Adhyāya V) of Rājasekhara : Text
129-139 Index of Mātrā Vșttas
140-148 Index of Varna Vșttas
149-151 Index of Illustrative Stanzas
152–155 Index of Authors of Quoted Stanzas
156–157 Brief Notes
158-236 Appendix I : Concordance of Svayambhūcchandas and Chandahsekhara
237 Appendix II : Concordance : Old and new editions
238 Appendix III : Concordance of Svayambhūcchandas and other works 242 Additions and Corrections
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