कान्हड़दे प्रबन्ध (कवि पद्मनाभ - जालोर चौहान वीरगाथा, अलाउद्दीन खिलजी से युद्ध व जौहर इतिहास)

INTRODUCTION 19 The noteworthy feature of the manuscript is that lines are written in red and black alternately—one line in red, one in black as on folio 1 verso, folio 2 etc. Sometimes there are two lines in black alternating with two lines in red (as on folio 3 recto). Often there are 3 lines in black, alternating with 3 lines in red (as on folio 5 verso). Verse-numbers are written in the same ink in which the line is written. There are no marginal corrections. On folio 5 recto the verse number—64—is added in the margin. In the text itself if a letter or two are to be deleted the headline is crossed with two or three small vertical strokes (folio 7 recto, ll. 1, 7; f. 2 verso l. 10). If a letter is to be added the addition is made above its proper place in small hands (f. 2 verso, l. 9). If words are to be transposed a number is given above the word indicating their proper sequence (folio 3 verso l. 1). The ᴍs is on the whole very clear and accurate. The numbering of verses is correct up to verse I 35; after that two verses are numbered as one, with the result that vs I 181, where the manuscript concludes, is numbered as 107. The praśasti or maṅgalācaraṇa is simply ॐ; and there is no colophon, as the manuscript is only a fragment. The script is exceedingly clear, bold and beautiful, approaching the C ᴍs in its penmanship. The script is similar to the Jaina Devanāgarī, but without padimātrā. The writing is rather larger than usual, and is slanting towards the right. It appears from the manuscript that the copyist was a professional one, who must have had considerable experience of copying Jaina manuscripts, though he himself might have been a Brahmanical scribe. The manuscript is fairly well preserved and the paper used is of medium thickness. About one-third of the page towards the right shows signs of damage from exposure to moisture. From the condition of the manuscript and the state of lang- uage it preserves it may be assumed to be quite old, belonging almost to the same period as ᴍs ʙ or ᴇ. The manuscript is very reliable and has been particularly useful in settling the text of the first Khaṇḍa where the two other important ᴍss ᴀ and ᴋ were fragmentary. ɢ ʜ constitute, in fact, one manuscript; ɢ has folios 1–8, while ʜ has folios 9–24. Both come from Pātan; ɢ came from Muni Śrī Puṇyavijayajī's collection, and ʜ, originally belonging to Kesarabāī's