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It has leaves 68*+Meghamala=74°.
It has size 8" x 4"; Lines per page ranging from 10 to 12. Letters 26.
It begins ओं नमः सिद्ध वक्रादिसचित्रे । श्रीमत्पाश्र्वाभिधं etc. It ends इति श्रीमद्देवेन्द्रसूरिशिष्य श्रीहेमप्रभसूरिविरचिते चित्रार्धक एवं समाप्त। at the end of which we read
Then begins
इति ज्योतिषप्रन्थ जैनकृतः समाप्तः । संवत् १८५३ शके १७१६ पिंगनAurèskanyza ? shaqggð ánàt avaiîxegendmikadzauga प्राकृतसंज्ञाक्षेत्रे कीर्तनोपाख्य शिवात्मजवानभट्टेन निखितं लेखापयितं च स्वोपकारार्थ ६ ६ ६
Unfortunately this ms. is incomplete. Leaves 21-23 are
missing.
(5-6) Two other manuscripts deserve notice. They hail from Bikaner. One of them contains only the Arghakanda of Trailokyaprakas It contains leaves 7, its size is 10" x 4". Lines per page number ); letters per line ranging from 30 to 33. It is designated as B'.
Another manuscript from Bikaner is only a shorter recension of the present work. It has therefore been dismissed for the collation work except at places where the verses are tolerably in consonance with the text of adoption. Its size is 10" x 4": leaves 12, lines per page 16, letters per line 52. It is incomplete
Relation of manuscripts.
A, A'. Amb and Bh. with slight variations fall into one group whereas B. representing, a shorter recension falls into another. The relationship of different groups may be made clear in the following diagram:
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A. A', Amb, Bh.
B.
It may be renirked that sometimes, though very rarely, B makes a group with A, A', and Bh. separate from Amb. which
The Arghakanda portion of the text has been compared also with the tex of a manuscript from the Pattan Bhandar. This manuscript was in the possession of Mukhtar Shri Jugal Kishore, at Sarsawa. Saharanpur District who obtained it from Shri Punyaviaya ji of Pattan. The Arghakanda portion of the text was copied from the manuscript by a Shastri on behalf of our Institute.