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THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS. sasthya sabdasya suddhih syadityevam vastupascakam | uktam sabhih paricchedairbhamahena kramena vah || Substance, paper. No. 12921. rasakaumudi . RASAKAUMUDI. 8677 Size, 122 x 6 inches. Pages, 80. Lines, 9 on a page. Character, Devanagari. Condition, slightly injured. Appearance, new. Complete. A work describing the characteristic features of the nine different sentiments, viz., srrngara (love), hasya ( laughter), karuna ( pity), raudra ( terror), vira ( valour), bhaya (fear), bibhatsa ( repugnance), adbhuta ( wonder), santa ( peacefulness). The author is Ghasi Rama pandita. Beginning : padankabharanam krtam ca hasitam sakhya svakiye krpam drstim varisu bhimavahnisadrsim yuddhesu cotkanthatam | yo bibhrannagabhusanam ca vigaladraktam kadacittanu- mardhangim hrdayangamam ca dayitam payatsa mamisvarah || pranamya svagurum bhakya smrtva tatapadadvayam | svakiyabuddhibodhaya vaksyami rasakaumudim | tatra raso nama -- laukika visayaka karanakarya sahakariparyayabhitrakavyanatya- pratipadyavibhavanubhavavyabhicarinisthaprakasakatanirupitaprakasyatasraya ratyadiru- pyantahkaranadrcyagamyavidyarahitanirvacaniya brahmasukhabhinnasukharupya laukikavyapara eva | uktanca bharatamunina - vibhavanubhavavyabhicarisamyogadrasanispattiriti | sa caiko'pyupadhibhedadastadha -- srngarahasya karuna raudravirabhayanakah | bibhatsadbhutasamjnau ca santena navadha kvacit || End: athotthapakah presanam yatparasyadau yuddhayotthapakastu sah | yatha ramah nrpanapratyaksan kimapavada se nanvayamaham sisukridabhanatripuraharadhanva tava purah | ahamkarakrurarjunabhujavanatrascana kalanisrstarthi bahu kathaya kataraste praharatu || atra ramena prak praharaya prerito jamadagnya iti utthapakah ||