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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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THE FIFTH ANGA
भगवतीसूत्र (भगवईसत्त)
Bhagavatīsūtra (Bhagavaisutta)
No. 87
56.
1870-71. Size.-95 in. by 4s in. Extent.--379 folios ; 15 lines to a page ; 48 letters to a line. Description.-Country paper, rough, tough and white; Deva
nāgari characters with CATEITS; big, legible and good hand-writing ; borders mostly ruled in four lines in black ink; red chalk and yellow pigment used; foll. numbered twice as usual ; foll. I. and 379 decorated with a pattern; foll. 86 to 88 wrongly numbered as 87 etc., but subsequently these numbers are corrected ; fol. 216th wrongly number: ed as 116 in the right hand margin ; edges of the first fol. slightly worn out; fol. 132 partly torn; foll. 344 to 346 torn in the body by one who must have tried to separate them after they had stuck together owing to the presence of gum in ink; condition on the whole good;
complete; extent 160000. Age.--Samvat 1620. Author.-Sudharmasvamin according to the Jaina tradition. Subject.—This fifth anga also known as Vivāhaprajñapti and
Vyākhyāprajñapti is mainly busy elucidating the fundamental tenets of Jainism. It contains 41 śatakas or chapters with occasional subdivisions styled as uddesakas. It com
prises 36,000 questions. Begins.-fol. r' जिनाय नमः ॥
__ नमो अरिहंताणं नमो सिद्धाणं नमो आयरियाणं नमो उधज्झायाणं नमो
लोए सव्वसाहूणं ॥ नमो बंभीए लिवीए रायगिहे etc. Ends.-fol. 378 पंचे(चें)दियाणं बारस । संणिपंचे(चें)दियमहाजुमसताइ(इं) एकर
(क)वीसं एग(गिं)दियाइ वसेणं उदि(हि)सिज्जति रासीजुमसतंएग(गिं)दिवसेण उद्दिसिज्जं(ज्ज)ति ॥छ॥ पंचमांगसूत्रपुस्तकमिदं ॥ ग्रंथानं १६००००॥
यादृशं पुस्तके दृष्ट्वा ॥ ताद्र(ह)शं लिष्यते मया । पदि अचमोद पा । मम दोपो न दीयते ॥
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