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The Svetāmbara Narratives
ISI
Reference. Published at the end of the Kalpasūtra in the D. L. J.
P. Fund Series No. 18 in A.D. 1914. For an edition of this text and its English translation see "The Story of Kalaka" (ch. VII, pp. 98-101 ). In the preparation of this edition this Ms. and so more are utilized.
For additional Mss, see Jinaratoakośa ( Vol. I, p. 8R).
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कालकाचार्यकथा
Kālakācăryakatha (51HGITTEKET)
( Kalagāyariyakahā ) [1 ]
[ Illustrated ]
373. No. 118
1880-81. Size.- 104 in. by 41 in. Extent.- 13 folios; 7 lines to a page ; 28 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper somewhat thick, tough and white;
Jaina Devanāgari characters with frequent FEATS; very big, quite legible, uniform and beautiful hand-writing ; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; the space between these pairs coloured red; numberes for verses and their daņdas written in red ink ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin ; unnumbered sides are decorated with a big disc in red colour in the centre; the numbered, in each of the two margins; though the foliation starts with 8. Petc., this work begins abruptly; the numbering for the verses seems to be wrong: the last verse is numbered as 120; edges of the last fol. slightly gone; condition on the whole good ; this Ms. contains five 'illustrations ; the corresponding foll. are as under :
1b, sa, 76, 86 and 126. Age.- Pretty old ; perhaps early sixteenth century, Author.- Not mentioned. Subject.- A story of Kālaka Súri in Prakrit in verse.
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FT are respectively written
i f. Tra, gir, TT, TETZT and by the side of illustrations 2. 4 respectively.
2 See “ The Story of Kālaka" (p. 71 ).
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