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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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Extent.-- ( com. ) 13 folios; 31 to 33 lines to a page ; 19 lettters in the column.
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Description.- Country paper thin, tough and white; Jaina Devanāgarī characters; this is a पञ्चपाटी Ms. ; the text written in small, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing ; same is the case with the avacuri except that it is written in still smaller hand-writing; borders rnled in three lines in red ink; red chalk used; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; there is some space kept blank in the centre of the numbered and the unnumbered sides as well; every fol. is slightly worm-eaten ; condition cn the whole tolerably good; both the text and the commentary complete.
Age. — Fairly old.
Author of the text. - Not mentioned. In Jinaratnakośa (Vol. I, p. 59 ) he is however named as Rsipāli, with
a query.
avacūri.
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Subject. The text in Prakrit in 71 verses eulogizes the Jaina saints. This metrical composition is explained in Sanskrit, the explanation having for its basis a vṛtti of the text.
Not mentioned.
Begins.− ( text ) fol. ra qt04
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इसिमंडलस्स गुणमंडलस्स तबतेअमंडलधरस्स । संसारमंडलविहायस् | थयमुत्तमं बु (बु)च्छं ॥ १ ॥ जिणवरसासणविणा जिणवरवयणापुरत्तभावेणं ।
सुह कत्थयामि इसी इसिपालणा निच्चं ए ॥ २ ॥ ) fol. 14 Go
ऋषिसमुदायस्य गुणस्थानस्य तपस्तेजश्र्वक्रं दधतः ॥ भवचक्रं वियोजयतः स्तव उत्तमं वक्ष्ये ॥ १ ॥ etc.
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Ends. ( text ) fol. 13b
दधरं धीरं पवरचलविरियसंपन्नं ।
'सिद्ध' निलयं तमहं वयरं नम॑सामि ॥ ७० ॥
एयं ममयणदासरहिया थुया मए सुरसहस्समहिया ||
रिसओ परिसाए किंतु बोहिं मज्झ य सिद्धिवसहि उवविहितु ।। ७१ ।। इति ऋसि (षि) मंडलस्तवः संपूर्णः श्रेयसे भवतु ॥ छ ॥
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