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Jaina Literature and Philosophy [17. अमरदत्तमित्रानन्दचरित्र Amaradatta-Mitrānandacaritra [अमरदत्तमित्रानन्दरास] [Amaradatta-Mitrānandarāsa ] No. 17
1578.
1891-95. Size.- 98 in. by 41 in. s Extent.-- 15-1=14 folios ; 17 lines to a page ; 48 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper not very thin, smooth and white;
Devanagari characters with occasional geaTIS; bold, legi. ble and fair hand-writing but closely written; borders ruled in four lines in black ink with the intervening space between the pairs filled up by red colour ; every fol. decorated with a small figure in the centre; yellow pigment used ; foll. numbered as usual; the 12th fol. missing; otherwise the work complete; composed in Samvat 1606
in Uñjhà ; fol. 155 blank ; condition very good. 15 Age.- Old. Author.- ( Siddhi Suri, pupil of Jayasagara ), pupil of Deva.
gupta Suri. He is the author of i) Kuladhvajakumara. rasa ( V. S. 1618 ), (ii) Sivadattarasa and (iii ) Simha
sana batrisi ( V. S. 1616). 20 Subject.- Life of Amatadatta and that of Mitrananda extracted
, from the biography of Lord Santi, in verse in Gujarati. Begins.- fol. I' श्रीगुरुभ्यो नमः
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नाम जिसु तेहबु परिणाम | अमरदत्त बीजु अभिराम ॥ etc. Ends.- fol. 15€
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