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Colophon: THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS, iti srimahenkatanatha [ya] samyojite sriprahladavijaye saduिmso'dhyayah || No. 12201. brhatkathamanjari . BRHATKATHAMANJARI. 8165 Lines, Substance, palm leaf (Sritala ). Size, 242 X 18 inches. Pages, 302. Character, Grantha. Condition, good. Appearance, 9 on a page. old. The colophon in this MS mentions the name of the work as Brhatkatha. This work is a summarized version of Gunadhya's Brhatkatha in as many Lambas as that of the original (viz., 18); by Ksemendra also called Vyasadasa, who lived in the court of Ananta who, according to M. A. Stein, ruled in Kashmir (1028-1063 A.D.). It has been printed in the Kavyamala. Although this MS. contains many omissions. of words, it supplies some of the omissions found in the printed edition. Contains the following Lambakas :- 1. kathapithah . 2. kathamukham . 3. lavanakam . 4 naravahana janma . 5. caturdarika . 6. suryaprabha . 7. madanamanuka . 8. vela . Beginning : 9. sasankavati . 10 . visamasila . 11 . madiravati . 12 . padmavati . 13 . pasca . 14 . ratnaprabha . 15 . alankaravati . 16 . saktiyasas umapranamasankrantacaranalaktakassasi | sandhyaruna ivabhati yasya payatsa vassivah || sarasvativibhramadarpananam suktamrta ksiramahodadhinam | sanmanasollasa sudhakaranam kavisvaranam jayati prakarsah || dosalokana nipunah parusagiredurjanasca vakrasca | rdasanamapi bhayajananam tesamanimittapisunanam || ojoranjanameva varnaracanascitra na kasya priya nanalankrtayo na kasya manasassantosamatanvate |