Eartika) Sudi 5" in the wcHfds of the writer. The Ms. extends over 144 double pages and a portion more. Each single page contains 29 lines on an average and each line contains an average of 25 letters. The copy is written in bold beautiful Devan&garl characters, and the text contains some mistakes in writing " The geometrical figures for most of the propositions are very neatly drawn. I say most of the propositions, because for some of them, they are wanting ' This Ms. I have designated D. II. A Ms. obtained from Mr. Dhruva's widow. It begins with 'iAhoKfifV 5ro: I ^^1gn<m i ^' ?*mPRr few* V- This is the Ms. of which Mr. Dhruva says, "It is to Pandit Durgaprasiula's find that we owe the discovery of Euclid, being the original author, whose Elements of Geometry Jagann&tha Samra^ translated. One of the Ms& lent to me by the Pandit has at the beginning a note thus, 'vnj^iftf^rm t^HlfiRr ftw^»."* It is an incomplete Ma It goes on regularly till about the end of the Third Book. The last line of the Ms. on page 66 is ^sraf- vnk ir^^w iraftw #ftwT s'HEH^isra^ Bwrf^H^iiWts'- Up to page 66 no page is wanting and all the pages are correctly numbered After this page, there is a long gap and though the next page is numbered 67, it begins with the last portion of jacopoBition 14, Book X. The first line on the page is, '915- fifMr ^ V^ q^^plf . -^ter this the Ms. goes on regularly to the end* The pages are correctly numbered up to the 70th page. From the next page they are numbered afiresh, as one, two, three tic, and the last page is 65. The opening page of the M& has ^ 44lw(i>WW I^H '• Thus there are in all 135 pages. Figures are given in the first 66 pages, but most of them are incorrect. In the last 69 pages no figures are given in Book X., though a vacant space is left for eveiy figure, and the figures that are given here and there in the remaining books are quite incorrect The Ms. has the following colophon: —
- Baxoda State Delegate p. vn. and VIII.
