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The Śretāmbara Narratives
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कुमारपालचरित
Kumārapālacarita ( stena-591979
( Samskrta-DvyāírayaAEIFTET )
mahākāvya ) [ #T3-R0 ]
[ Cantos I-XX] विवृति साहत
with vivrti No. 123
1875--76. Size.- 11 in. by s in. Extent, - 589 folios; 12 lines to a page ; 37 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper tough and white ; Devanāgari chara- 10
cters; big, clear and fair hand-writing ; borders ruled in two lines in red ink; white paste used; numbers for foll, 1-25 entered twice as usual; the rest numbered once in the right-hand margin ; fol. 1a blank; some foll. revised and corrections entered in margins; both the text and its 15 commentary complete ; the former contains 20 cantos; the latter 17574 šlokas in entext composed in Samvat 1312
in Palanpur. Age. - Samvat Allai 41. Author of the text,- Kalikälasarvajña Hemacandra Sūri. For his
life and works see Vol. XVII, pt. 4, pp. 154-156 & Vol. XVIII, pt. I, pp. 79, 179 and 490-491. Furthermore, my book entitled “A History of the Sanskrit Literature of
the Jainas” ( Vol. I, p. 335 ) may be consulted. Author of the com.- Abhayatilaka Gaņi, pupil of Jineśvara Súri. 25.
Upadhyāya Laşmitilaka is bis vidyāguru. This Abhayatilaka has composed न्यायालङ्कारटिप्पण known as “पश्चप्रस्थ.
Fola EITTI”, Subject. - The text serves two purposes : (1) application of
grammar and ( 2 ) an account of the 'Caulukya' dynasty. 20 This mahakävya illustrates the first seven adhyāyas of Siddhahemacandra and describes the life of the kings of the 'Caulukya' dynasty such as Mūlarāja, Bhima, Karņa, Siddharāja Jayasimha and Kumārapāla in Sanskrit. Its counterpart written in Prākrit in 8 cantos, deals with the
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1 His life is narrated in cantos 16 to 20.
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