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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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ऋषभपञ्चाशिका
Rsabbapañcāśikā अवचूरि सहित
with avacūri
148. No. 53
1872-73. Size.- 1 in. by 4, in. 5 Extent.-7 folios ; Is lines to a page ; 53 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thin, tough and white; Jaina Deva
någari characters with occasional Aiais; sufficiently big, quite legible, uniform and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink ; space between these pairs coloured red; red chalk used; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin ; unnumbered sides are decorated with a small disc in red colour in the centre; the numbered, in each of the two margins; edges of several foll. more or less gone; some foll. slightly worm-eaten ; condition on the whole good; both the text and the com.
mentary complete ; extent 336 ślokas. Age:- Pretty old. Author of the avacuri.- MahopadhyAya Dharmasekhara.
Subject. -- The text along with a small commentary in Sanskrit 20 followed by one in Gujarāti, in parts. __Begins.- ( text ) fol. 1* ए 10 ॥ अहे ।।
जयजंतु etc. as in No. SI. - (com.) fol. I हे जगज]जंतुकल्पपादप etc.
(Guj.) fol. 1 जगत विश्वतणा जंतु प्राणीया रहहं । कल्पपादप
कल्पवृक्ष छई । etc. Ends.- ( text ) fol. 70
जइ वि कयत्थो जगगुरु ! मज्झत्थो जइ वि तह वि पत्थेमि ॥ दाविजसु अप्पाणं । पुणो वि कइया वि अम्हाणं ॥१॥ इय झाणि(ण)ग्गिपलीविअकम्मिधण ! बालबुद्धिणा वि मए ।
भत्तीइ थुओ भवभयसम्बोहित्थ ! बोहिफलो ।। ५०॥ - ( com ) fol. 7° ध्यानाग्निदीप्तध(क)मैं (मैं)धन इति अमुना प्रकारेण मया
पा(बा)ल(ल)बुद्धिना मूर्वेण भक्त्या तं(बं) स्तुप्तः ।
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