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232 Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[ 245. writing ; borders ruled in four lines in red ink ; foll. Ia and 54 blank ; edges of the first fol. slightly worn out; condition fair ; yellow pigment used ; both the text and the tabbā complete; the former written in Prākrit and the latter
in Gujarati. Subject.----- Life of Bharata. It starts with the beginning of the 3rd
vakşaskāra (sütra 41 ) and ends with sutra 70 (p. 378b of
the printed edition ). Age.- Not quite modern. Begins.-(text) fol. I' श्रीवीत्रा(तरा)गाय नमः ॥ श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
एवं बुच्चति । भरहे वासे २ गोयमा भरहेणं वासे वेय(?)स्स पव्वयस्स दाहिणेणं चोद्दसुत्तरं जोयणसयएक्कारसएबमूणूवीसतिभागे जोयणस्स अबाधाए
गंगाए महाणदीए पच्चत्थिमेणं etc. ,, -(com.) इम कहिउं । भरतषेत्रइ । गौतम भरतषेत्रइ । वैताध्य पर्वत थकी
दष्यणइ एकसु चउदसुत्तर जोयन उगणीस भाग योजननी आबाधाई etc. Ends.-(text) fol. 54 खीणे वेयाणजे आउए णामे गोए कालगए वीक्वंते समु
ज्जाए छिण्णे जाइजरामरणबंधणे सिद्ध बुद्धे मुत्ति(त्ते) परिनिवडे अंतगडे सव:
दुक्खप्पहीणे ॥ छ । इति भरहचरित्तं ॥ छ ॥ ल.ऋ. जयराज आत्मार्थ ॥ --(com.) fol. 5: क्षय गयउ वेदनी कर्म आयु नाम गोत्र कालगत हूवा तिहां कीधउं छेदी जाति जरा मरण बंधन साधी बुझ्या मुकाणां संसारथी पार पाम्या अंत कीधउं । सर्व दुषथी मुकाणा पार पाम्या । इति भरतचरित्रं संपूर्ण लषतं ऋ०जयराज आत्मा अर्थ॥
भरतचरित्र
Bharatacaritra टब्बासहित
with tabba
604. No. 245
1895-98. Size.- 104 in. by 4 in. Extent.-4 folios ; 6 lines to a page; 40 letters to a line. Description. Country paper thick, tough and white; Devanāgari
characters with पृष्टमात्राs; this Ms. contains the text in Prākrit and its interlinear tabbā in Gujarati; foll. numbered in both the margins; complete ; fol. 4th slightly torn; conditiongood ; this is the same work as No. 243 with a line or so more in the beginning. It, too, commences on p.
2702 of the printed edition. Age.- Pretty old.
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