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320.] Supplement : The Svetambara Narratives धर्मपरीक्षाकथा
Dharmapariksakatha
1270. No. 320
- 1891-95. Size.— 11 in. by 4; in. Extent.- 12+1=13 folios; 16 lines to a page; to letters to a line. 5 Description.- Country paper thin, rough and greyish; Devanagari
characters with occasional Trai; small, clear and good hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; red chalk used; numbers for foll. entered just in the corners of the right-hand margins ; fol. II repeated; the last fol. 10 though 12th numbered as 1 3; perhaps because the 12th fol. is missing ; edges of the first fol. slightly damaged ; condition very fair ; complete ; composed at the request of Devacandra, pupil of Padmanandin, a spiritual descendant
of Pujyapada. Age.- Does not appear to be modern. Author.- Ramacandra. He is a Digambara. Consequently this
work ought not to have been assigned a place in this Part I. Anyhow this work is copied by aj Svetāmbara
monk.. Subject.-- A religious discourse. Begins.- fol. !" ||६०॥ नमो जिनाय ।
प्रणिपत्य जिनं भक्त्या स्याहादपरनायकं । म्यां धर्मपरीक्षाल्यामभिवास्ये यथागमं ॥१॥
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श्रेणिकाय पिता etc. Ends.- fol. 12
इति रामचंद्रग एनिमा गुणशालिना । कता धर्मपरीक्षेयं सुरज्या भुवि कोपिः॥ काटीतत्वतो वीक्ष्य लाटिं च पिदरी। कयां धर्मपरीक्षां तां (कता) कृत्तिरिय ततः । भीपूज्यपादसदशे (जा)तोऽसो पनिांगवः । पद्मनंदीति विख्यातो भव्यज्यूहप्रवादितः ॥
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