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Jaina Literature and Pbilusophy
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THE FIFTH PRAKIRNAKA
आराधनापताका
Arādhanāpatākā (आराधनापडाया)
(Aradhanapadaya) No. 372
1178.
1886-92. Size. -- 104 in. by 44 in. Extent.--- 20 folios ; 17 lines to a page ; 60 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper very thin and white; Devanagari
characters with ATEITS; small, legible uniform and good hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink, space between the pairs coloured red ; red chalk used ; foll. numbered in the right hand margin only ; unnumbered sides have a small disc in red colour in the centre only; the numbered, in the margins, too; fol. I decorated with a design in red colour; fol. 20° practically blank; for, only the title etc. written on it; complete ; 990 gāthās, in all;
condition very good; composed in Samvat 1078. Age.--. Pretty old. "Author.--- Virabhadra Sūri. Subject.- A work in Präkrit in 990 verses dealing with what one
ought to do at the time death approaches. Begins.-- fol. IN
नियसुचरियरणमाहप्पदिण(ण्ण)सुररायरिद्धिवित्थारो। जयइ सुररायपूइयगुणमाहप्पो महावीरो ॥१ आरोहणासरु(रू)वं अणुहवसिद्धं च फलमसंदिट्ट(?) । भणियं तेण भगवया गोयममाईण जं पुवं ॥२ तं पुवप(पु)रिससकमकममागयभावसंकममुदारं । संखेबओ महत्थ भणामि सुत्ताघुसारेण ॥ ३ जिणवयणसुइपवित्तं मणुयत्तं पाविऊण सप्पुरिसा ।
सासयसुहकामेणं होयत्वं होउ कामेहिं ॥४ etc. Ends.- fol. 20
जह खलु दिवसब्भत्थं रयणीए सुमिणयमि पिच्छंति । तह इह जम्मभत्थं सेवंति भवंतरे जीवा ॥ ८२ इय विसयवइरिवहरिभद्दमाराहणं पसाहेसु । उवएसपएहिं इमेहिं धीरधीराण समग्गो ।। ८३
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