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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[ 6. with a little space between the two pairs; foll. numbered as usual ; red chalk used occasionally; condition tolerably
good. Age.- Appears to be at least 150 years old. Author.- Not mentioned. Subject.— A narration of Ajāputra in Sanskrit starting with
Sanskrit verses which are intercepted by .prose passages
and quotations. On the whole it is an interesting work. Begins.-- fol. 1
पुण्यप्रभाषतो जरिह लोगे(के)ऽपि सौख्यभाग् ।
Tęstigat a GIFTIAI fuga: 11 9 11 etc. Ends.-- fol. 96 Faretra ar aizrazATÄHTI Hat vária ya fasta 97.1
च तस्याः किव(य)त्कालं वियोगदुःखं दत्तवान् । तदुःस्वकर्मतः पित्रातिनियोगतो भ्रमन यत् पुण्यं तत्तव्यास्तेन राज्यसंपदो व्याप्तकानित्यजापुत्रकथा
11 11TH * 11 w all ligi yoo Reference.- Only this Ms. is noted in Jina atnakośa (Vol. I, p. 2).
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अजापुत्रकथा
Ajāputrakatha
1571. No. 7
1891-95. Size: - toj in. by 43 in. Extent.-- 13 folios ; 16 lines to a page ; 40 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thick, tough and grey ; Devanagari
characters.; bold, clear but not very good hand-writing; borders ruled in two lines in red ink ; their edges ruled singly in the same ink; foll. numbered as usual; white chalk used in place of yellow pigment; complete; condition
excellent; composed in Siņi(ji) in Samvat 1561. Age.-- Saṁvat 1926. Author.- Pandita Dharmadeva, pupil of Saubhagyaratna Súri,
successor of Guņadhira Sūri. Subject - Life-story of king Ajäputra in Gujarati in singable
metres.
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