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