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302 No. 1979. mitaksara | Lines, 6 on a page. Place of deposit, Substance, palm leaf, 142 x 24 inches. Folia, 229. Extent, 6,126 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date, L. S. 399. Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old. Prose and verse. Incorrect. Mitakshara. A commentary on the Smriti of Yajnavalkya. By Vijna nesvara Bhatta, son of Padmanabha Bhatta. The work has been thrice printed. It is dated in 399 of Lakshmana Sena's era, and is 375 years old. A facsimile of its last page is annexed, Plate III. Beginning. gtahasthasraminam nityanaimittikadhamma uktah | abhisekadigunayuktatya gtahasyavi- sesasya gunadharmmi darsitah | adhuna tadadhikarasako cahetubhutabhaucapratipadana- mukhena tesamapavadah pratipadyate || End. visayah | srimatpadmanabhabhattopadhyayatmajasrimatpadmahamsa parivrajaka vijnanesvarabhattarasya krtau rajamitacarayam yajnavalka dharmmasastravidyate| tatiyo'dhyayah samaptah || yajnavalkapradharmmasastravyakhyanam || No. 1980. rudra paddhatih | Substance, palm-leaf, 11 x 2 inches. Folia, 91. Lines, 4 on a page. Extent, 1,557 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date, SM. 1442. Place of deposit, Calcutta Government of India. Appearance, old. Prose and verse. Correct. Sudra-paddhati. On the duties of Sudras. By Apipala, son of Dehrinapala, grandson of Makarandapala. The codex is dated Samvat 1442 = A. D. 1385, and is 495 years old, see Plate IV. Beginning' sreyaste devadeva vitaratu bhagavan balasitamsadhari gaurivate jakhelanmrgamadajanitarahsthalibhutibhedah | visranta yasya dipadyutikapilajatamandale bhati ganga tanvangaprah kunkumankastanaka lasasamasaktamuktalateva || srasidasimamahima makarandapala - svanustrivikrama iti prathitah prthivyam | tasyatmajah sa khalu dehanapalasamjnah prajnavatam sadasi yasya gunah sphuranti ||