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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
1840.
चैत्यवन्दनसूत्र (चेइयवंदणसुत्त)
टब्बासहित
Caityavandanasutra ( Ceiyavaydanasutta )
with tabbā
690.
No. 840
1892-95. Size.-- Io in by it in. Extent.---- 7 folios ; II lines to a page ; 40 letters to a line. Description.-- Country paper thin, tough and white ; Jaina Deva
nagari characters with occasional पृष्टमात्राs; big, clear, uniform and good hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink ; white pigment used : foll. numbered in both the margins ; complete so far as it goes; condition
very good. Age.-- Pretty old. Author of the text.- Not mentioned. ___, , , rabba.-, ,, Subject.---- This Ms. starts with the enumeration of 4 mangalas and
4 Saranas. Then follows the exposition of the charac. teristics of a Tirthamkara in verses in Präkrit. Namutthunam along with its explanation in Gujarati forms the succeeding topic. The distinguishing features of the liberated, the Acāryas, Upadhyāvas and Sādhus make up the concluding
portion of this Ms. Begins.-- ( text ) fol. I श्रीवीतरागाय ॥
चत्तारि मंगलं । अरिहंता मंगलं ॥ सिद्धा मंगलं ॥ साहु मंगलं ॥ केवल(लि)पन्नत्तो धम्मो मंगलं ॥ चत्तारि लोगुत्त(मा) ॥ अरिहंता लोगुत्तमा ॥ सिद्धा लोगुत्तमा । साह लोगुत्तमा । केवलिपन्नत्तो धम्मो लोगुत्तमा ॥ चत्तारि सरणं पव्वज्जामि ॥ अरिहंता सरणं पव्वज्जामि ॥ सिद्धा सरण पत्वज्जामि ।। साहू सरणं पयज्जामि ॥ केव(लि)पन्नत्तो धम्मो सरणं पन्धज्जामि । गाथा॥
चउरंगो जिणधम्मो । न कयो चउरंगसरणि जिण न कयो। चउरंगो भवछोहो । न कयो तिणि हारिउ जम्मो । दुल्लंभो माणुसो जम्मो । धम्मो सव्वन्नभासिओ । माह साहमीयाणं च । सामग्गी पुण दुल्लहा ॥२ec.
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