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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
THE SECOND UPANGA
राजप्रभीयसूत्र (रायप सेणीयसुत्त)
No. 189
Size.— 1o‡ in. by 4g in.
Extent.— 43 folios; 16 lines to a page ; 46 letters to a line. Description. Country paper rough and greyish; Devanagari characters with occasional gears; small, legible, bold and good hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink ; red chalk used ; fol. ra blank ; so is the fol. 43 ; a part of the text written on fol. 12; condition very good; complete; extent 2509 slokas.
Age.-- Pretty old.
Subject.
Rajapraśniyasūtra ( Rāyapaseniyasutta )
Begins. fol. 1' उ (ॐ) नमो (मः) श्रीवीतरागाय [ : ] ॥
This is the second upanga. It mainly deals with the birth of King Pradesi as Suryabha deva, his celestial grandeour and enjoyments, his staging of a drama and a dance in the presence of Lord Mahāvīra, description of his vimana (celestial car), and a dialogue regarding the identity of soul and body between him and Keśi nirgrantha, follower of Lord Parśva.
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1887-91.
नमो अरिहंताणं नमो सिद्धाणं etc, up to पढमं हवइ मंगलं ॥ १ ॥ तेणं कालेणं तेणं समएणं आमलकप्पा नाम जयरी होत्था । etc.
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Ends. fol. 434 सव्वदुक्खाणमंतं करेमि ॥ छ । सेवं भंते सेवं मंते भगवं गोयमे समणं भगवं महावीरं । वंदइ णमंसइ । वंदित्ता नमसित्ता । संजमेणं तवसा अप्पाणं भावेमाणे विहरति ॥ छ ॥ णमो जिणाणं जियभयाणं । णमो
देवा भगवईए । णमो पण्णत्तीए भगवईए णमो भगवओ अरहओ पासस्स पस्से सु ( पस्से) । परसवणी ( णा ) णमो || ९| रायपसेणइयं सम्मत्तं ॥ ग्रं. २५०९ ॥ श्री ॥ छ ॥ शुभं भूयात् ॥ Then follows a line in different hand as under:--
पं. श्रीविजयचंद्रगणि प्रति
Reference. The text together with the Sanskrit commentary of Malayagiri Suri and the Gujarati commentary of Megharaja
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