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Reference.
The Svetambara Narratives
Garaq: ergorgarq 11 63 दाने कृतपुण्यकथा ॥ ६ ॥
In Jinaratnakośa (Vol. I, p. 95 ) a Ms. of the work of this name is noted. Is it pertinent ?
Age. Samvat 1658. Author.
कृष्णचरित्र (mogafta )
No. 165
Size. 10 in. by 43 in.
Extent.- -55 folios; 1 lines to a page; 34 letters to a line. Description Country paper somewhat thick, tough and white; Jaina Devanagari characters with occasional gears; big, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; foll. numbered in the right hand margin; fol. 1a blank; yellow 15 pigment used while making corrections; there is a red spot in the centre of the numbered and the unnumbered sides as well; in the case of the former there is one red spot in each of the two margins, too; in the left-hand margin the title is written as ; condition very good; com
plete 1158 verses in all.
Jain Education International
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Begins. fol. 10 finst a¤:
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Krṣṇacaritra (Kanhacaritta )
670. 1892-95,
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Subject. A metrical composition in Prakrit describing the life of Kṛṣṇa, one of the nine Vasudevas. He will be the 12th Tirthankara named as Amama in the ensuing Utsarpiņi in India (Bharatavarsa), and he along with his former brother will then attain salvation.
दंसण ९ विणए १० आवस्सए य ११ सलिए निरइयारो १२ woga 27 az 28 feaur ?4 àraraaà 26 Ħant a 20
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अरिहंत १ सिद्ध २ पवयण ३ गुरु ४ घे (ऽथे) र ५ बहुस्सए ६ तबस्सीस ७ वच्छलया य एसि अभिक्खनाणो चउगे य ८
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