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(4) The special note of the alternate readings has been taken
by considering the importance of language, meaning and
other important points of view. (5) No imaginary thing which is not in the MS. has been
taken in the edited text. (6) In the editing the spelling has been followed according
to that of the MS, of course, sometimes, it has been
corrected from the linguistic point of view. (7) If the reading of the recent time has been found more
standard than that of the MS., then it has been accepted in the edited text.
Life and Age of the Author of the Rasaratna Samuccaya.
Sri māņikyadeva Sūri, the author of the Rasaratna Samuccaya, was the pupil of Sri Devacandra Sūri as stated by himself in the last verse of the third chapter.
"f967: 272qarsit TATATTI चक्रे माणिक्यदेवोऽत्र वक्रेतरपदांचितम्"।।१।।
This Māņikyadeva Sūri belonged to Vațagacchal and flourished in Vs. 1324-842 (1268-1327 A.D.). It is clear from the evidence of the Rasaratna Samuccaya, supported by the patļāvalis that he was the disciple of Vādi Devasūri or Devacandra Sūri who was the second Ācārya in the line of Vatagaccha.3
(1) Sam 1327 Phão Shu 0.8 Vadagacche Kutrade Māņikya
Sūriņā pallivāla jhatiya tha........... Pratişthā Kārāpitā (Ahmedabad) patļāvali Samuccaya Part-A, Muni Darśana
vijaya. P. 205. (2) Pattāvali Samuccaya, Part-II, Pūravapi, P. 225. (3) Sarvadeva Sūri 36, tatpatte Sri Devasūri, Pattāvali
Samuccaya, Part-I, P.53, Part-II, P. 39.
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