Manuscript 4: a copy brought by an upādhyāya of Raichur district, written on paper but…

Manuscript 4: a copy brought by an upādhyāya of Raichur district, written on paper but described as old and mostly correct; it resolved difficulties in many places. Its colophon says the Kalyāṇakāraka was written by Bālacandra Bhaṭṭāraka, disciple of Keśavacandra Traividyadeva, an ornament of the doctrine of the Omniscient. To show the authority of the copy the scribe records the line of copying, saying it was copied by looking at an earlier written copy, and adds a verse praising his guru Keśavacandra as peerless and mature in all the śāstras, where others excel only in logic, grammar, poetics or doctrine.

Why it is kept for review: Manuscripts used for the edition (the best copy and its colophon).

““स्वस्तिश्रीमत्सर्वरासमयभूषण केशवचन्द्रत्रैविद्यदेवशिष्यैर्बालचंदभट्टारकदेवैलिखितं कल्याणकारकं””