INTRODUCTION 41 epic of India as its very name sucgests. It is like its prototype divided into 19 parvais, each of which is further subdivided into one or more sargas (cantos), their sum-total being 43. The pras'asti-sarga is, however, not included in this number. At the end of cach parvan, a verse is added by the author wbereby lle comptes the extent of the section in terms of the luniber of corresponding ansestubh verses. This splendid work has been twice quoted in Jainadharmavara-stotra e. 8. 1. 1.36 on p. 112 and XI. 1. 26 on p. 122. Moreover, this beautiful kavya was translated into modern Greek at Athens in A. D. 1847 by D. Galanos from a manuscript in bis own possession. It was published with an claborate introduction by Tybaldos, who endeavoured to establish the identity of our author with Amarasimha, the twell-known lexicographer. It ends Fith thc pras'asti-sarga, containing a number of verses iu comuna with that of the Padmananda mahakavya. To be exact, the first two and the last four (43-46) are not to be found in the Padmananda mahakarya-perhaps the last, though by no means the least important, of lis literary works. 6. Syadis' oldas@welccarct. This is a work on graminar and is divided into four clupters or allīsas. The first consists of 26 'lokas, the end of 13, the 3rd of 2 and 4th of 3. Thus, in all, the work comprises 54 slotas. & Chandorainali This is a work on prosody. Up till now its composition was to be ioferred from its being referred to by Amaracandra $ori biwse!! in his own work comely Kisputabanti-pts." Probably, at least one of its Mss. was to be had in the time of Rajas'ekhara Süri; for, it is mentioned by him in Prabandhacor'u as one of the trorks of Amaracandra. Fortunately, I have just come across & Mis, of this work. It is divided into nine Sections known as adhyājas. In composing this work the author bas utilized Pingala-s'istra, etc. He has given a number 1 This leads us to deduce that it was dumposod przer to htiradalpaluttryti 3-) Soo Sanskrit introdottion p98 and 17 respectively. 4 I am indebted to Nsogatirtha My Fat)s'i rada Upadhyaya Sri Margala- rij, who kindly Tirocured the Ms. As well as (bat of larimala, for more SY Vijaykillarma lakunt-) Winsedirs, Agra. Thls consists of 18 Follos with leat It is writtey is Dors 14 lira por pago and 54 letters per line on a Tora kartabaracters in Kuvat (Vitrawa) 1970, epd 10% in. by Fl. 14 tisa
