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(G) This belongs to the Tanjore Palace Estate. It is referred to in Aufrecht, part I, page 452, part III, page 97, and in Burnell, page 62, no. 11080. It is written in Grantha character on *Cadjan* (palm) leaf, 16″ by 2¼″. The breadth of a single leaf is 1¼″. It contains 82 leaves, each page of which has 4 to 6 lines. The first two *ślokas* are invocations to the gods Gaṇeśa and Śiva. Then come 9 lines from Chapter XXXIV (Maṇḍapa). The manuscript begins practically with the next Chapter XXXV (Śālā) and runs to Chapter L (Bhūshaṇa).