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'कार्तिकसौभाग्यपञ्चमी
Kārtikasaubhāgyapañcamiमाहात्म्य
māhātmya [ज्ञानपञ्चमीमाहात्म्य ]
[ Jñānapañcamīmāhātmya ] [सौभाग्यपञ्चमीकथा ]
[ Saubhāgya pañcamikathā ] [वरदत्त-गुणमञ्जरी
[Varadatta-Gunamanjariकथानक ]
kathānaka ]
710. No, 121 [110a]
1899-1915 Size.- Ut in. by 4g in. Extent.- s folios ; 17 lines to a page ; 38 letters to a line. Description.-- Country paper tough and white ; Jaina Devanagari
characters; big, clear and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in four lines and edges in one in red ink ; foll. numbered as usual ; complete ; the right-hand margins are variously decorated, e. g. fol. 156 with an illustration of an
elephant; condition very good; composed in Samvat 1655. Age.— Samvat 1858. Author.- Kanakakusale Gani, pupil of Somakusala. For a list of
his works etc. see Vol. XIX, Sec. I, pt I, pp. 51-52. Subject. The importance of the fisth day of the bright half of
Kārtika month is pointed out in this work by narrating
the story of Varadatta and Guņamañjari. Begins.- fol. 16 ॥६ ॥
श्रीमतपार्श्वजिनाधीशं ‘फलवधि'पुरस्थितं । प्रणम्य परया भक्त्या सर्वाभीष्टार्थसाधकं ।। १।। शुक्लकार्तिकपंचम्या माहात्म्यं वर्ण्यते तथा।
भव्यानामुपकाराय यथोक्तं पूर्व सुरिभी (भिः) ॥ २॥ युग्मं etc. Ends.- fol. 5.
ये(ए), विभाव्य भो भन्या ! पंचम्याराधनोद्यमः । भवभीतिविभेदाय कार्यो भवनी(द्भिारद्भुतः ॥ ४९ ॥ श्रीमत् 'तप'गणगगनांगणदिनमणिविजयसेनसूरीणां । शिष्याणुना कथेयं विनिर्मिमता कनककुशलेन ॥ ५० ॥
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