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EDITORS' NOTE
Ho (or aito)-This ms. belongs to Sri Mahimābhakti Jaina Jñāna Bhandāra, Bikaner. It has been written in 17th cent. V. S. At one or two places we have referred to it by lo sign also.
go-This ms. belongs to Pravartaka Śrīmat Kantivijayaji Collection, one of the several collections preserved in Sri Atmārāmaji Jaina Jñāna Mandir, Baroda. It is numbered 1164 in the list. In the margin of each and every folio, Ac. Śrī Malayagiri's abridged commentary on the Prajñāpanāsūtra has been given in order to know or let others know succinctly the meaning of the basic text. It has 215 folios, 13 lines per side, and 42 to 47 letters per line. It has been corrected by some scholar. The script is beautiful and condition good. The size is 93" x 4". There is no colophon at the end of the basic text while there is one at the end of the abridged commentary. It runs as follows:
Śrī Malayagiriviracitā tikā kimcit sanksipya likhită lvā narendrena| Srih Samvat 1776 Phālguna Vadi 12.
5 -This ms. belongs to Muni Shri Punyavijayaji's Collection, one of several collections preserved in Shri Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidyamandir, Ahmedabad. In the catalogue it is listed under No. 6695. Some reader has compared this ms, with the one belonging to a different group and added readings. Not only that but he has written short notes here and there. It has 200 folios, 13 lines per side and 50 letters per line. The script is excellent and condition good. The size is 101" x 41". At the end there is a colophon of the copyist. It is as follows:
Samvat 1611 varse jesta (jyestha) śudi 7 some adyeha śrīpattanavāstavyaḥ śrīśrīmālajñātīya sugamdhikucham(kuțum) be sugamdhi Näthäsuta sresti (sthi) Hamsäbhārya suśrāvikā Hārsalade | putra 4 śra (śreo) Haricanda Seo Sīvā | Seo Megha Seo Sighū samastakuta(u) mbayutaih Seo sīvākena śrīpūrnimāpakse pradhānasākhāyāṁ | Bha. Śrībhuvanaprabhasūri tatpatte Bha. Śrīsrikamalaprabhasūri tatpatte Bhao śrī 5 Punyaprabhasūrīśvarāņām upadeśena śrīpannavaņāupāngasūtra lisa (kha)pya svagurubhyaḥ pradattam vācyamānam ciram jīyāt bhadram bhavatu śrir astu | śubhan bhūyāt | cha
TR-This ms. also belongs to the above mentioned collection of Muni Shri Punyavijyaji. In the catalogue it is numbered 6709. Some enthusiastic and studious scholar has corrected it and at times written notes here and there. It has 346 folios. No. 212 has been given to two different folios. Hence really speaking it contains 347 folios. Each side of a folio has 11 lines and each line has 32 to 38 letters. Its script is beautiful and condition good. Its size is 10.4" X 4.2". At the end there is no colophon by the copyist. But
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