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P. Shah. The photostat of a fourth manuscript (no. 9351) shows it to contain only the piirvapaficiifat in 7 I verses; this manuscript ends: iti caurapaficasika samapta. akrtau pilrvakathanusamdhanam samaptam. The four manuscripts, as well as two others which were not available (Nos. 13460[c] and 137°1), are listed in Nambiyar's Alphabetical List, serial. nos. 264-69. BAR. I-Ace. No. 9743. - in. , 9 lines to a side. Caura, following 71 verses of piirvapaficiifat, is verses 72-121; verses 122-25 relate to the legend; verses 126-37 conclude the legend.
Caura, following three salutory verses, is verses 3-53. Begins: srlgaI,leSaya namaJ:1. Ends: iti sri sundarakavikrtarh caurapaficiisikarh sampiirI,lam. sarhvat 1855. sriI' astu. vaiva. 1. da. [Ca. D. ] BORL7-No. 436/1884-87. Devanagari script, paper, Ig folios, 8t in. , 10 lines to a side. Caura, following 84 verses of purvapafidifat (here called piirvapilhaka), is verses 1-88; verse 89 is the verse bhavatkrte; verses gO-92 conclude the legend. The text [I ro] is a mixed-codex of verses from Nand WS; it is MC3 in the critical apparatus.
Silently, she put a lucky golden leaf on her ear. WS6 Even now, I crush her in my arms, a moon-faced girl with lush new youth, weary from bearing her own heavy breastsand I drink her mouth like a madman, a bee insatiably drinking a lotus. WS7 WS7 adyapi tath kutilakomalakiilakeSim unnidratamarasapattravifiilanetriim I prottuiigapivarakathorapayodkarii(1hyarh dhyqyiimi cetasiyathaiva gurupadeSam II WS8 WS8 adyapi tad vikacakundasamiinadantath tiryakvivartitavilolavilocaniintam I tasyii mukham na hi maniig api vismariimi citte krtajiia iva hanta paropakiiram II WS9 Even now, like a debtor haunted by a favor, I can't forget the details of her faceteeth like lustrous jasmine blooms, tremulous corners of glancing eyes.