ii INTRODUCTION Number of verses MS. A MS.B MS. G MS. D P Common to all • I 38 37 37 37 37 37 II 1 41 40 41 41 41 40 III 35 35 35 35 35 35 IV 32 32 32 32 32 32 V 15 15 15 15 15 15 VI 25 25 25 25 25 25 VII 10 10 12 12 10 VIII 19 19 1 19 19 19 19 Total number of verses common to all manuscripts = The above table shows that (1) MS. A contains an additional verse in Chapter I, (2) MSS. A, C, D and P contain an additional verse in Chapter II, and (3) MS. D and P contain two additional verses in Chapter VII. Of these additional verses, the one belonging to Chapter II possibly belonged to the original text of the Laghu-BK&skanya. The other additional verses are interpolatory as the following discussion will show.
