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Jaina Literature and Philosophy [ 1097. आवश्यकसूत्रनियुक्ति
Avasyakasūtraniryuktiलघुवृत्ति
laghuvitti
167. No. 1097
1866-68. Size.- Iod in. by 4g in. Extent.-- 152 folios ; 17 lines to a page ; 54 letters to a line. Description. - Country paper tough and grey; Devanāgarī:cha
racters with occasional पृष्टमात्राs; small, legible and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in four lines in black ink ; red chalk and yellow pigment used ; nos. for foll. entered only once, and that, too, just in the right-hand corner, at the end of the fol. ; almost all foll. more or less worm-eaten ; condition poor ; cloth-bound; two foll. preceding the Ist and two following the last blank ; they bear the stamp of the Elphinstone College Library; fol. 1526 blank ; com
plete; extent 13000 ślokas. Age.- Fairly old. Author.-- Not known. Subject.-- A commentary in Sanskrit to the niryukti on Avaśyaka
sútra. Begins. - fol. 1 प्रेक्षावतां प्रवृत्त्यर्थ आदौ प्रयोजनादिकमपन्यसनीयमन्यथा न
युक्तोऽमावश्यकप्रारंभप्रयासो निःप्रयोजनत्वात कंटकशाखामईनवत् निरभिधेयत्वात् काकदंतपरीक्षावत् असंबद्धत्वात् दश दाडिमानि इत्यादि
धाक्यवत् etc. Ends.-fol. 152° सव्वे ० । तत्सर्वनयविशुद्धं सर्वनयसंमतं वचनं यच्चरणयणस्थितः
साधुः यस्मात् सर्वनया भावनिक्षेपमिच्छति ॥ ७५
इति श्रीआवश्यके ना लघुव्रत्तैः। छः । etc. ग्रंथानं १३००० छ etc.
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1 The opening lines may be compared with those of No. 1094.
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