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The Svetambara Narratives
Description.-Country paper thin, greyish and tough; Devanagari characters; bold and clear but not beautiful hand-writing ; borders indifferently ruled in two lines in black ink; red chalk used; greenish pigment used instead of yellow; this Ms. shabby and unpleasant to the eye; complete ; num - bers for verses in continuation up to the end; composed in Samvat 1640 in Anahilapurapattana.
226 J
Age.— Not modern.
Author - Kamalaharsa, a Jaina monk.
Subject. - Lives of Amarasena and Vayarasena ( Vajrasena) des 19 cribed in Gujarati in verse. The work is divided into four main sections styled as khandas.
Begins. fol. 11 श्रीगुरुभ्यो नमः ॥
दूहा ॥
अमर सकलसं सेविता । जगज्जननी विष्याय | हंसवाहनी श्रीशारदा । समरुं हुं तुझ पाय ॥ १ ॥
Ends. - fol. 12b
॥ छ ॥ छ ॥
रचिओ रास ए कीहि वरसि । ते संध्या हवइ गुणयो हरसि ।
इंदु रस वेद बिंदु (१६४० ) य । मागशर त्रितीया सेतु य ।। ३९२ ॥ गुरुवार द्वं रचीओ ओल्हासि । वंछित पूरइ श्रीसुपास ।
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अणहिलबाढडे' पत्तन मांहि । कर्यु कषित ते मन उच्छाहि ॥ ३९३ ॥ चुथ षंढ रचिउं य सुचंग । सुणतां भणतां हुए आनंद ।
कमलहब मुनि कहि ऊच्छाय । श्रीगुरु सरसति लहीय पसाय । ३९४ ॥ इति श्री अमरसेनवयर सेनप्रबंधे. निस्थानागमन | अक्कयापरीकरण । भूपति मिलण | साधुदरशण | जातीस्मरण | सुरावतरण 25 नाम्मी (म्नी) चतुर्थः षंड संपूर्णः ॥ छ ॥ शुभं भवतु ॥ वाच्यमानाश्विरं नंदतु
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(Vol. III, Pt. I, p. 748 ).
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Reference. Only this Ms. is mentioned in Jaina Gurjara Kavio
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अमरसेन - वज्र सेन -रास ( अमर सेन - वयरसेन -रास )
No. 22
Size.— 84 in. by 44 in.
Extent. - 14 folios; 17 lines to a page ; 40 to 42 letters to a line 35
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