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dharma prasāraka sabhā. Later on the Gujarati translation by Ratilal Dipchand Desai is printed on pp. 150–228 by Sarabhai Nawab in महाप्राभाविक नवस्मरण published in A. D. 1938. On p. 6 ( preface ) he has said that the former publication by Jaina dharma prasāraka sabhā was erroneous. So this new translation was got prepared.
For additional Mss. see Jinaratnakośa ( Vol. I, p. 280 ).
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प्रियङ्करनृपकथा
Priyankaranrpakathā No. 420
1869-90. Size.- 9 in. by 4g in. Extent.- 25 folios ; IS lines to a page ; 42 letters to a line, Description.- Country paper thick, tough and white; Jaina Deva
nāgari characters; sufficiently big, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing ; borders ruled in two lines and edges in one in red ink ; red chalk used ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin ; fol. I blank ; so is fol. 250; condition very good except that a corner of the first fol. is
gone; complete ; extent 1000 slokas. Age.- Samvat 1823. Begins.- fol. 1° ५ ६॥ ॥ श्रीजिनाय नमः ॥
वंशाब्जश्रीकरो हंसो etc. as in No. 419, Ends.- fol. 240
उपसर्गहरस्तोत्र etc. up to सुखिनस्ते भवंति वै ३ practically as in No. 4 9. This is followed by the lines as under :
इति श्रीप्रियंकरनृपकथा श्रीउपसर्गहरस्तोत्रप्रभावे समाप्ता ग्रंथमानं १००० संवत् १८२३ वर्षे । मार्गशीर्षमासे शुक्लपक्षे दशमी. तिथौ गुरौ वारे रेवतीनक्षत्रे वरीयान्योगे श्री'सूरतिबंदरे' वृद्धापणे नव्योपाश्रये श्री विधि'पक्षगच्छाधीश्वरपूज्यभट्टारकश्रीउदयसागरसूरीश्वराणां विजयिनि राज्ये शिष्य पं। श्रीदर्शनसागरगणिना लिपीचके प्रियंकरनृपकथा ॥ श्रेयाश्रेणयः ॥
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