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Jaina Literature and Philosophy [1099. आवश्यकसूत्रवृत्ति
Avaśyakasūtravrttiप्रदेशव्याख्याटिप्पनक
pradeśavyākhyātippanaka No. 10991
1873-74 Size.-- 114 in. by 4.} in. Extent.— 62 folios ; 17 lines to a page ; 75 letters to a line.: Description.-- Country paper thin and brittle ; Devanāgari cha
racters with TTATEIS; small, legible and good handwriting; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; yellow pigment and red chalk, too, used; nos. for foll. entered twice as usual; edges of several foll. worn out; small bits of paper pasted to fol. 285, last few foll. much damaged ; strips of paper pasted to foll. 59 and 60; condition on the
whole poor ; complete ; extent 4600(?) ślokas. Age.-- Not later than the 17th century. Author.-- Hemacandra Súri, disciple of Abhayadeva Sūri. For his
life and works see Ānandasāgara Sūri's introduction ( pp. 9-10 ) of Jivasamāsa. There this Sūri has quoted a few lines from the Viseșāvaśyakavștti. From this we can see that this Hemacandra has composed the following works :
(1) 21:47@qaar, (2) Taurapu, ( 3 ) BUTTERalat', ( 8 ) STRAST, (5) 39€ TARGETÊ, (6) HÜQAAFfaarur, ( 7 ) Harar, ( 8 ) aaraatiatur, ( 9 ) argiewqata * and ( 10 ) fagrastaraTTU ( Samvat 1175 ).
1 Really speaking, this and the following work No. 11oo ought to have been assigned a place after No. 1078.
2 This is the same work as described here. 3 See Nos. 635-641.
4 This work seems to be lost. It is alluded to in Anuyogadväravolt: (p. 26). The pertinent line is as under:
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