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THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS. No. 12963. sarasvatikanthabharana tyakhyanam - raladarpanam . SARASVATIKANTHABHARANAVYAKHYANAM : RATNADARPANAM. 8705 Substance, paper. Size, 14 x 4 inches. Pages, 256. Lines, 9 on a Character, Davanagari. Condition, injured. Appearance, page. old. Breaks off in the third Pariccheda. A commentary on the Sarasvatikanthabharana described under the previous number. The author is Ramasimhadeva according to the introductory stanzas and Ratnesvara according to the colophon; but in a Benares edition, dated Samvat 1942, of this work wherein the first three Paricchelas are printed the commentary is said to have been written by Ratnesvara at the command of Ramasimbadeva. Beginning : ekena yasya yaminah pramadeva dehamardhena rajati pumaniva caparena | taccakramadatha ca na pramada pumanva sreyamsi vardhayatu sa smarasasano vah || sriramasimhadevena dordandadalitadvisa | kriyate'vantibhupalakanthabharanadarpanah || kanthabharanamana vagdevi ratnadarpanotsange | asmin pasyatu nibhrtam prakasa sarvangalavanyam || grantharambhe samucitestadevatanamaskarena sistacaramanuvartate - dhvaniriti | vacamadhisthatri devi dyotamana svaprakasasabdabrahmarupa bharati kathamupasyate | suksmadibhedena dhvanyadibhedena ca vivaksito namaskarah | sabdabrahmanascatasro bhida bhavanti - suksma pasyanti madhyama vaikhari ceti | tatravikaradasa suksma | sa hi sarvasya pranapanantaralavartini vigatapradurbhavatirobhava samyak prayogaparisilanatmana karmayogena mananadina jnanayogena ca samyaga- dhigamyate | Colophon: iti srimisraratnesvaraviracite ratnadarpananamni sarasvatikanthabharanavivarane dosagunavivecano nama prathamah paricchedah ||