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EDITOR'S NOTE DESCRIPTION OF MANUSCRIPTS
NANDISŪTRA
We have used 8 mss. in preparing the critical edition of the text of the Nandisutra. Out of them the three bearing signs io, and Jo are palm-leaf mss. and the four bearing signs o, ho, lo and go are paper mss. And the sign to refers to the printed model. Now let us describe them one by one.
-This palm-leaf ms. is preserved in the śāntinātha Jaina Bhandara, Cambay. It is numbered 38 in the Catalogue of this Bhandara, published by Oriental Institute Baroda. Folios 1 to 18 contain only the text of the Nandisūtra, folios 18-19 contain LaghunandiAnujñānandi and again folios 1 to 247 contain the Malayagiriya Vstti on the Nandisūtra. Each side of the folio has 3 to 5 lines and each line has 101 to 119 letters. The ms. is almost correct. It is written in three parts. Its script is excellent. Its condition is good. Its size is 311" x 24". The colophon of the copyist is as follows:
Samo 1292 varse vaišākha sudi 13 adyeha Vijāpure śrāvakapausadhaśālāyām sri Devabhadraganiprabhịtināṁ vyakhyānataḥ samsārāsäratām vicintya sarvajñoktam śästram pramānam iti manasi jñātvå são Dhaņapālasuta São Ratnapāla Tho Arasiha São Rāhaņasuta São Lähadaprabhytisamastaśrävalaiḥ mokşaphala prarthakaih samastacaturvidhasanghasya pathanarthañ ca samarpaņāya likhāpitam ||
From this colophon we know that the Jain Sangha of Vijāpura got this ms. copied in 1292 V.S. In this Bhandāra there are many other palm-leaf mss. which have been got copied by the Jain Sangha of Vijāpura.
This palm-leaf ms. belongs to the Laghupośālikagaccha Jaina Jñāna Bhandāra of Palm-leaf mss., Sanghavīpādā, Patan. It contains 82 folios. Each side of the folio contains 3 to 4 lines and each line contains 40 to 43 letters. The ms, is written in two parts. Its size is 14" x 11". Its script is legible. Its condition is good. At the end there is no colophon by the copyist. On the basis of the script, size, etc. we can infer that it should have been written in the later half of the 14th Cent. V. S. This ms. does not contain the text of the Laghunandi-Anujñānandi.
This is the palm-leaf ms. of the Jaina Jñāna Bhandāra, Jesalmer, established by Ācārya Śrī Jinabhadrasuri of Kharatara
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| SR No. | 001062 |
| Book Title | Nandisutt and Anuogaddaraim |
| Original Sutra Author | Devvachak, Aryarakshit |
| Author | Punyavijay, Dalsukh Malvania, Amrutlal Bhojak |
| Publisher | Mahavir Jain Vidyalay |
| Publication Year | 1968 |
| Total Pages | 764 |
| Language | Prakrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Ethics, agam_nandisutra, & agam_anuyogdwar |
| File Size | 14 MB |