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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
( 142,
già arraigta
Caturvimsatijinaभवोत्कीर्तनस्तवन
bhavotkirtanastavana अवचूर्णि सहित
with avacūrņi
404, No. 142
1871-72. Size.-11 in. by 43 in. Extent.-- (text) 2 folios; 9 to 13 lines to a page; 40 letters to a line.
» - (com.) » »; 20' » »» »; 14: » » » Description.- Country paper thin, rough and white ; Jaina Deva
någari characters with FATIS ; this is a q2912 Ms.; the text is written in small, quite legible, uniform and beautiful hand-writing; same is the case with its avacũrņi except that it is written in smaller hand-writing ; borders ruled in three lines and edges in two, in red ink; numbers for the verses, their daņdas and some of the last lines written in red ink; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; the first fol. is stained ; nevertheless letters are legible; both the foll, worm-eaten in many a place; condition on the whole tolerably good ; some space is kept blank in the centre and in each of the margins, too; it is so kept as to form different patterns ; in all, there are such 3 patterns; both the text and the commentary
complete ; the text has 27 verses. Age. Samvat 1532. Author of the text. - Somasundara Sūri, successor of Devasundara
Súri. For his other works etc. see p. 32. us of the avacũrņi.- Not mentioned. Subject. — Births of the 24 Tirthankaras beginning with Lord
Rşabha and ending with Lord Mahavira. Begins.- ( text ) fol. 14. 1180118,
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स्वर्गी ३ भूपमहाबलो ४ पुसदनः ५ श्रीवज्रसंथो(धो) नृपः ६ ।
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