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XXVI : CANDRAVEDHYAKA PRAKIRŅAKA
6.
Kșa
:
Ca.
:
8.
Kā.
Kā.
:
Copy compiled by Acarya Kșamabhadrasūri. Ancient copy by Muni Caturvijaijī Mahārāj. Copy edited by Dr. Kāyā, pub. Institute De Civilization Indian, Paris. Alternative readings on Ms. entitled 'Kā‘.
Copy with Samisksta shadow-verses by Muni Caturvijaijā.
Kāpā : Ke. :
10.
We have taken the alternative readings from the Mss. 1-9 from Paiņņayasuttāimi edited by Muni Punyavijaijī only. For more information on these Mss., we recommend the readers to refer to pp.26–27 of the preface to that work.
Alternative readings for Ms. 10 (Ke) have been taken from the copy with Samisksta shadow-verses by Muni Caturvijaijī. This version was published, in 1941 A.D., by Śri Kesar Bāi Jñāna Mandir, Pātaņa and received by us from Lal Bhā i Dalpat Bhāi Bhāratiya Samskrti Vidyā Mandir, Ahmedabad, where its accession number is 6112.
Besides these, we also received a handwritten Ms. from Sri Govind Ram Bhansali Paramarthika Samstha, Bikaner through Sri Bhikham Cahndji Bhansali of Calcutta. In this Ms., there being no mention of the scribe or the year of writing, we could not ascertain as to when was it written and for whom. As for the number of verses, it also contains 175 verses only.
The Author and The Period of Candravedhyaka -
Though the mention of Candravedhyaka is found in many texts including Nandīsūtra, Pāksikasūtra, etc., but no indication about its author is available anywhere. We get only that much
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