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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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Description. Country paper very thin and greyish; Devanagari characters with occasional gears; clear and good handwriting; this Ms. contains both the text and the com mentary; lines of the commentary indiscernible at times; this is a qaret Ms. as usual; borders ruled in three lines in red ink; red chalk used; edges of the foll. somewhat worn out ; condition good; hand - writing of the commentary very small; 81 verses; complete; at the end of the commentary called avacuri and avacurņi as well, it is stated that the author is Virabhadra, pupil of Mahendrasūri, pupil of Dharmaghosa Suri; but it seems that through oversight Virabhadra is mentioned for Bhuvanatunga.
Age.— Fairly old.
Author of avacūrni. - Virabhadra ( ? Bhuvanatunga ) Suri. Subject.
Begins.—(text) fol. 1 देसिक्कदेसविरओ सम्महिही मरिज्ज जो जीवो । तं होइ बालपंडिअमरणं जिणसासणे भणियं ।। १ ।। etc. –( com. ) fol. ra अथातुरप्रत्याख्यानावचूरिर्लिख्यते । इह सर्वेषां जीवानां नवहस्तकुंतस्याग्रस्येव सकलायुषोंऽत्यावस्थाराधनस्यैव सार - त्वात् । etc.
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The text together with a small commentary in Sanskrit explaining it.
Ends.---(text) fol. 4b धारो जरमरणविऊ धीरो विन्नाणनाणसंपन्नो । लोग (ग) रज्जोअगरो दिसउ खयं सव्वदुक्खाणं ॥ ८१ ॥ इत्यातुरप्रत्याख्यानं परिपूर्ण || शुभं भवतु
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-(com.) fol. 4b इदं विशेष्यपदं । विशेषानि विशेषणानि तथैव । अस्मिन् पाठे शास्त्रकाराभिधानमपि गुप्तं ज्ञातत्र्यं यतोऽस्यापि प्रकीर्णकस्य वीरभद्र एव साधुः कर्त्ता श्रूयते भक्तपरिज्ञाया तत्कृताया अत्राध्ययनेऽतिदेशकर - णादपि ज्ञायते अस्यापि स एव कर्त्तति ॥ ८४ ॥
इति धर्मघोषसूरिशिष्य श्री महेंद्रसूरिशिष्य श्रीवरिभद्रसूरिविरचिता(SS) तुरप्रत्याख्यानावचूर्णि (:) समाप्ता वैशाख वदि पंचम्यां भूलार्केऽलेखि समय रत्नगणिना मध्ये 'सुरकुलपाटकं' ॥ शुभं भवतु ॥
Reference. -- See No. 285.
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