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आवश्यक सूत्रनियुक्ति
Avasya kasutraniryukti (आवस्सयसुत्तनिज्जुत्ति)
(Avassayasutta nijjutti )
629. No. 1002
1892-95. Size.- 10 in. by 43 in. Extent.- 35 folios ; 24 lines to a page ; 60 letters to a line. Description. Country paper very thin and greyish ; Devanāgari
characters with quals ; very small, clear and fair bandwriting ; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black nk; the space between these pairs coloured red; numbers for some of the foll. entered twice in one and the same margin ; bits of paper pasted to fol. 18; edges of the first two and those of the last two slightly worn out; unnumbered sides decorated with a small disc in the centre ; the numbered, with two more,one in each of the two margins; complete ;
red chalk used; condition fair. Age.-- Samvat 1483 (?) Author.-- Bhadrabāhusvămin. For his other works etc. see No.709.
For a discussion in German see “ Übersicht über die
Avaśyaka-Literatur” (pp. 23-27). Subject.-- About so verses which occur in the begining of this Ms.
and form the Sthavirāvali are also found in the beginning of Nandisutra. But they are not found in the edition containing Āvaśyakasútra, its niryukti and Haribhadra Sūri's commentary (D. L. J. P. F. Series). They do not occur even in the edition containing niryukti and Malayagiri Süri's tikā (Āgamodaya Samiti Series). Furthermore, they are not commented upon by Jinabhadra Kşamāśramaņa, Haribhadra Sūri, Malayagiri Sûri or any other commentator of the Avaśyakasūtraniryukti; but they occur in various Mss. This may due be to the fact that some scribe wrote them perhaps as mangalācaraṇa and others followed in his foot-steps. So if we were to neglect them for a moment, the Avaśyakasútraniryukti, which is a metrical composi
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