the end of the MS, It is written ४९५० कल्यब्दे सौम्यवर्षे कार्तिकमासस्य पञ्चदशेऽह्नि लेखनमारभ्य तस्य मासस्य सप्तविशे दिवसे एकादशीतिथौ वृषभलग्रे लेखनसमापन कृतम् ।
श्रीपाञ्चरात्ररक्षा लिखिता श्रुत्यन्तलक्ष्मणाख्येन ।
पठितव्या द्विजवर्यै. दातव्या तत्समक्षमेवेयम् ॥
Comparing the mistakes found in the Manuscript with those found in the printed editions, it looks as though this MS was used as the basis of the printed editions. The MS is undamaged and almost complete. In three or four places, a few are found missing either through the mistake of the scribe or through the deficiency in the original MS of which this is a copy.
4 ग Palm-leaf MS obtained from the Govt Oriental MSS Library, Madras, bears the Shelf-number (M 49-1) D 5281 Complete. It is not known when and by whom it was copied. It may either be of the same age as ख or slightly later than that . There is not much difference in readings between this and ख . The traditional colophon “इति कवितार्किकसिह्मस्य सर्व तन्त्रस्वतन्त्रस्य ” is at found neither at the end nor elsewhere in the manuscript.
5 घ Palm-leaf manuscript obtained from the Govt. Oriental MSS Library, Madras No R 4227. Comparing the leaves and writing of this MS with those of ख and ग which were copied about a hundred years ago, it looks as though that this MS is older by about 300 years. Fortunately, till now its leaves have neither been perforated by insects, nor worn out with age. The present edition is based mostly on the readings of this MS which were found to be the best available. Many acceptable readings found here are not found in other MSS or printed editions.
