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502.1
IV. 6 Chedasútras
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Description.-- Country paper neither very thick nor very thin and
grey ; Jaina Devanagari characters with पृष्टमात्राs; bold, legible, uniform, big and beautiful hand-writing ; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; red chalk and yellow pigment used; condition:very good; this Ms. contains both the text and the commentary; it is a Ênta Ms; so, as usual the text occupies the central place and is comparatively written in a bigger hand; both complete, the extent of the text being 1216 ślokas and that of commentary 2200 (?) ślokas ; the text is divided into 3 vācyas as under:-- ( I ) जिनचरित
foll. Ib to 62b ( 2 ) स्थविरावली
,, 62 ,, 682 (3) सामाचारी
,, 68b , 80. Agc.- Old. Author of the commentary.- Jinaprabha Suri' (c. Sarivat 1365). Subject.— The text is as usual. The commentary deals mostly with
difficult portions. It is only a few of Kalpasūtra. Begins.-- (text) fol. I" ए ६॥ ॥ श्रीसव(4)ज्ञ
नमो अरिहंताणं etc., as in No. 496. ,, --- (com.) fol. I ॥ ६॥ अर्ह ।
ध्यात्वा श्रीश्रुतदेवी पर्युषणाकल्पदुर्गपदविकृतिः(तिः)। स्वपरानुग्रहहेतोः किंचिदियं लिख्यते मयका ॥१॥ हृदयानि सहृदयाना(नां) पर्युषणाकल्पगोचरा मुचिरं । रंजयतु पंजिकेयं संदेहविषौषधी नाम ॥२॥
पर्युषणाकल्पस्य चादौ केषुचिदादर्शषु मंगलार्थ पंचनमस्कारो दृश्यते । सर्व(च) सुबोध एव । अत्र चाध्ययने त्रयं वाच्यं । जिनानां चरितानि स्थविरावली पर्युषणासामाचारी च (1) तत्रापि वर्तमान(न)तीर्थाधिपतित्वेनासन्नोपकारित्वात् प्रथमं श्रीवर्द्धमानस्वामिनश्चरितमाहु(:) श्रीभद्रबाहुपादाः । तेणं कालेणमित्यादि ॥ ते इति प्राकृतशैलीवशात् तस्मिन् काले वर्तमानावसर्पिण्याश्चतुर्थारकलक्षणे एवं तस्मिन समये etc.
I For a list of his works etc., see my edition of Caturvimsati-JinānandaStutis (pp. 40-45) published with Gujarati translation etc., in Agamodaya Samiti Series as No. 59.
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