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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[79. Subject.- Narrative of Damasāra. Begins.- fol. ! ए६०॥
कोहेण य हारवियं । उप्पज्जतं च केवलं नाणं । दमसारेण य रिसणा उबसमजुत्तेण पुण लद्धं ।। १ को भयचं ! दु(द)मसारो ? केण हेऊणा केवलं नाणं ।
उप्पज्जतं हारिवियं । वीरो भणेह(इ) निसुणह गोयमा ! कहाणयं ॥ २ ॥ etc. Ends.-- fol. 24
देवेहिं कया महिमा महीअले भन्यजीवाणं पंबोहेइ । सारसवासाइ केवलपरियायं पाउणित्ता संलेहणं करित्ता खिद्धिं गओ॥ इति क्रोधोपरि दमसारऋषिकथानकं समाप्तं । छ ।।
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ऋषिदत्तकथा
Rsidatta kathā (इसिदत्तकहा)
( Isidatta kahā ) No. 80
1880-81. Size.- 13} in. by in in. 15 Extent.– 154 leaves ; 3 to 4 lines to a leaf; 4; to so letters to
a line. Description.- Palm-leaf somewhat thick and durable; Jaina
Devanagari characters with a flats; big, quite legible, uniform and beautiful hand-writing ; this Ms. presents an appearance of the work as written in two separate columns but really it is not so since the line of the ist column is continued in the 2nd column; borders of each of the columns ruled in three lines in black ink; leaves numbered in both the margins: in the right-hand margin as १,२,३ etc. and in the left-hand mostly as in the case of other palm-leaf ( Jaina ) Mss.; red chalk used ; there is a hole in the space between the two columns; leaf 1 blank; it is preceded by an extra blank leaf ; the last leaf is followed by an extra blank leaf ; incomplete ; this
work seems to be divided into 6 parvans at least. Age.- Fairly old. Author.- Virabhadra (?) Subject. -- Biography of Rșidatta.
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