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MINISTRY OF CULTURE NT OF INDIA GOVERNMENT OF SL krti mamtralaya kanamamtra 66 sasamanke, nagakumarayorabhinayena priyavirahavivarasya kuvalayasvas / paridevanadiki- menam | vatuvesadharibhyam tabhyam saha tasya nagalokagamanasucana | thatha vimamathitaya na jana- rajasya mayamadalasapradarsanam | nagaraja prabhavat tasya prakrtamadalasa sammelanam | atha kasi- muddisya calitasya kuvalayasvasya priyayai vividhajanapadapradarsanam | tasya rajyabhiseka maho varnanaca | No. 2036. vyavahararatnakarah | Substance, country-made paper, 14 x 5 inches. Folia, 107. Lines, 8 on a page. Extent, 2,756 slokas. Character, ? Maithili. Date, Place of deposit, Navani, Post Madhepura, Darbhanga, Pandit Vamsamani Jha. Appearance, fresh. Prose and verse. Correct. Vyavahara-ratnakara. A digest of the laws and rules regarding Judicature. By Chandes vara Thakkura, son of Visvesvara Thakkura. The author calls himself a minister (Mantri) and describes his father as a minister of war, but does not name the king whom they served. Beginning. srikrsnangih savvam sadhayatu | sacanirnaya vivadavisayam nyayasutiveksanad yo vadarthapathapravartanati dharmonmattamsayan | sa sriman vyavaharasangrahamamum candasvaro mantrina- marcah kirttiturapagamtadaparam prastoti ratnakaram || yathayanmrtaseca nat saphalatam punyata kalpadrumah sadyah pallavamatanoti nitaram sriparijavo'pi sah | gopalasya ca kamadhenuramanam kamyarthadugdham svayam samdugadhe dhruvamesa kasya bhavane sevyo na ratnakarah || prathamam tavadano vyavaharanirupanam | pravivakamanah sabhyopadesasa tatah kramat || ityadi | | vikrayena vasitvamiti tadanumatimantarena dhanyaca danavidhanat| visvama samveti naradavakyaca || End. Colophon. iti saprakriyamahasandhivigrakita kura viresvaratmajasricandesvaraviracite vyavahararalakara nirnayadita rajah | nirnayavyavahara sagamadasa yah pravivakah spharan- ++++ vicaradharadhisa dhamem nayatyunnatim |