महावीरचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - वीररस-प्रधान रामकथा नाटक सम्पूर्ण ७ अङ्क सटीक)

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NOTE BY THE GENERAL EDITOR OF THIS SERIES . . . xiii
A METHOD FOR CITING SANSKRIT DRAMAS. PROPOSED BY THE
GENERAL EDITOR
Method of citing the metrical parts of a play . . . . xvii
Method of citing the prose parts of a play . . . . xvii
Examples of the use of this method . . . . xvii
Appeal to future editors to use this method . . . . xvii
Importance of a good method of citation . . . . xviii
Two aspects of the method: logical character, typographical expression . xviii
Logically essential features of a good method . . . . xviii
Canon 1: It should utilize the logical divisions of the text . . xix
Canon 2: The numbering should start anew with each division . . xix
Discord results from numbering stanzas in one sequence for entire play . xix
Canon 3: The citations should be precise . . . . xix
Canon 4: They should apply at once to text and translation and notes . xx
Canon 5: And be such as to need little change for new editions . . xx
The elements of the citations: There should be: xxi
For verse and prose alike, a first element, an act-number . . . xxi
For verse, a second element, a stanza-number . . . xxi
And, if need be, a third element, namely, a letter (a, b, c, d) . . xxi
For prose, a second element, the number of the last preceding stanza . xxii
And always a third, an Arabic number, to show the subdivision . . xxii
The subdivision of the prose passage should be the printed line . . xxiii
Typographical devices for making this system usable . . . xxiv
Additional device for making this method easy: corner-citations . . xxiv
Minor typographic details . . . . . xxv
Inconveniences resulting from lack of system or bad system . . xxv
Lack of system, good or bad . . . . . xxv
Citation by pages and multiple sequences of pagination . . . xxv
Combinations of bad system and systemlessness . . . xxvi
Examples from editions of the Mṛichchhakaṭika . . . xxvi
b [H.O.S. 21]