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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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उपमितिभवप्रपञ्चाकथा
Upanitibhavaprapañcākathā No. 71
1892-95. Size. - 10 in. by 4 in. Extent.- 326+1=327 sclios; 6 lines to a page; 43. letters to
a line. Description.- Country paper tough and white; Jaina Deva
nāgari characters; small, legible and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in two lines and edges in one, in red ink;
numbers for foll. entered tw ce as usual ; foll. 19 and 3260 IO
blank; edges of some foll. eg. those of the 6th slightly worn out; condition on the whole good; some lacunae on foll. 2868 and 286"; yellow pigment used; fol. 164 repeated; complete; composed in Samvat 962 in Bhinna. māla ; the entire work is divided into 8 prastāvas as under :Prastāva I fol. 10 to fol. 42a
II 428. , 550 III , Sib » » 1244 IV · 12;? „ „ 1962 V 1964 , VI 2295 » » 254 VII 254
2860 VIII 2866., „ 326*.
The total extent is 16,000 ślokas. 25 Age.- Samvat 1475. Author.- Siddha Rși, pupil of Durgasvāmin, pupil of Della
Mahattara. Garga Rși was the dikşā-guru of Siddha Rși and that of Durgasvāmin. Siddha Rși is said to be the author of fariTaa (V. S. 974 ) and a com.
mentator of FICHAJI of Dharmadāsa Gaņi. Subject.— A monumental allegcrical work written in mixed prose
and verse in 8 prastēras or chapters, giving a vivid description of the human life from the Jaina view-point.
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