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GOVERNMENT O vijnana valam OF INDIA sarakara 64 SSL No. 2035. kuvalayasviyam nama natakam | Substance, country-made paper, 12 x 4 inches. Folia, 85. Lines, 7 on a page. Extent, 2,219 slokas. Prose Character, Maithili. Date, ? Place of deposit, Saradapura, Ujana, Post Madhepura, Darbhanga, Pandit Harshanatha Jha. Appearance, fresh. and verse. Correct. Kuvalayasviya. A drama. By Krishnadatta. It is founded on a story of a Vedic student named Kuvalayasva falling in love with a maiden named Madalasa. The maiden is carried away to the nether regions, whence she is rescued by a king of Kasi and restored to her lover. Beginning. bhalacalana cikaitavasativislesavaisvanara- jvalavarttitasarasaindhavapayah pheneka lekheva ya | sa gori milane punah puraripoh premapradipe ra datum saktirahiteya kalita candri kala patu vah || yapi ca | srala dacadalikam priyakalusamativyastaya sadya eva tyakte satya khadehe prabhurapi na vadhum khicakaraparam yah | nameva prapya bhuyo nagajjananamitamai narisvaro'bhut sa premadvaitavadi kalayatu bhavatammrddhimandumaulih || mandyante sutradharah | calamativistarena | pura'valokya | kathamacamudita eva sasamayacita- samuditamadanama lavakamini kapala phalaka komalakamaniyamandalah kanakakundala makhandakhadiganga- naya 'yakhandalavanyaratnakarah " akhilajagadanandakanda lacandra vasenamabhyudiyamanamahamabhyarthaye | sa- prasrayamajhali baddha bhagavan | End. kalayasi sakalah kalah sudhanam nidhirani maulimalankarosi sambhoh | samayasi jaganamativa tapam tava tulamastu kutasta + himamsi || khunah | -- sadatta iti maithilah kavibalabhavasulabhat kutuhalat | natakam yadabhinavyama tanat ko'tra samprati gunagunagrahah || sadanamahadeva sabrvvam sadhusampatsyate | pari | kinama kidrsam tat ? | sutra | kuvalayasviyam nama natakam || ityadi | mathapidamastu | kale kale taditvanamrtarasamayim drstimistam visatam prthvi sampannasasya bhavatu, vijayinah pantu lokam narendrah | sarvvah sarvvaja nandavakhilagunagurau vindatu premabhaktim