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इती श्रीगजसीहचरीत्रे प्राकृतप्रबंधे योगीमीनाजीत्य स्वर्णपूर संप्राप्ति वेश्याविडंबनं चतुर्थकन्याप्रा(पा)णीग्रहणांमागत्य राज्याभिषेकमोहछवकेवलीदेशना पुर्वभववर्णन प्रवज्याग्रहणं मोक्षप्राप्तिवर्णने यो ए भी पदार्थे चतुर्थोल्लास संपूर्णम् ॥
जब लग 'मेरु' अडग हे तब लग ससी अर सूर ॥ जब लग आ पोथी सदा रेहजो गुण भरपूर ॥ १॥
श्रीसंवस्तु श्रीकल्याणमस्तुः । संवत् १९०४ना माहा वद १२ गुरुवासरे। ल। साध्वी लषमी श्री पोमावा'ग्रामे चोमासु कृत्वा श्रीशं(शां)तिनाथजी
प्रसादात्ः ॥ श्री॥१॥ Reference- For extracts and additional Mss. see Jaina Gurjara 10
Kavio ( Vol. III, pt. I, pp. 196-198 & Vol. III, pt. 2, p. 1544).
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गजसुकुमालकथा
Gajasukumālakathā
1301. No. 177
1887-91. Size.- 10 in. by 4g in. Extent.-- 22 folios ; 15 lines to a page ; 35 letters to a line.. Description. - Country paper somewhat thick, rough, tough and
white ; Jaina Devanagari characters with rare garais ; big, quite legible, uniform and very beautiful hand-writing; borders ruled in three lines and edges in two in red ink ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin ; fol. 1 blank; so is the fol. 22°; central portions of the numbered and the unnumbered sides as well decorated with a design in red colour: in some cases even the marginal portions are so decorated; dandas written in red ink ; yellow pigment used while making corrections; condition very good except that
the edges of the last fol. are slightly gone ; complete. Age.- Pretty old. Author:- Not mentioned. Subject. - This work mostly in Sanskrit narrates the life of
Gajasukumāla, the youngest brother of Vasudeva Krşņa. This narration points out the importance of sorgiveness.
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