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166 Jaina Literature and Philosophy [449. भीमकुमारकथा
Bhimakumārakathā
1328. No. 449
1887-91. Size.- 101 in. by 41 in. Extent.- 7 folios ; 17 lines to a page ; 54 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thin, tough and grey ; Jaina Deva
någari characters with frequent Talats ; small, perfectly legible, uniform and very beautiful hand-writing ; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; the space between the pairs coloured red; numbers for the verses, their dandas etc. written in red ink ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margins ; in the left-hand margins the title is written as भीमकुमरकedges and corners of each and every fol. more or less gone; fol. 4 torn; condition on the whole tolerably good; unnumbered sides have a small spot in red colour in the centre, whereas the numbered in each of the two margins, too; incomplete
as it ends abruptly. Age.- Pretty old. 20 Author. – Not known. Subject. - Narration of Bhimakumăra illustrating the importance of
a himsa ( non-injury to living beings ). Begins.- fol. 1.
सर्वदेवा न तत् कुर्युः सर्वदानानि चैव हि । सर्वे तीर्थाभिषेकाश्च यत् कुर्यात् प्राणिनां दया ॥१॥ कृमिकीटपतंगेषु तृणवृक्षादिकेष्वपि । दयां सर्वत्र कुर्वीत यथा(ss)त्मनि तथा परे ॥२ स्वयं रक्षति यो जीवान् रक्षयत्यपरानपि ।
इहापि सो(s)द्धतामृद्धिमेति भीमकुमारवत् ॥ ३ ॥ etc. 30 Ends.-- fol. 7
स्वयं प्राणिवधादेवं विनिवयं परानपि । निवृत्त्य परमां सिद्धिमाप लोकद्वये(s)पि सः ॥ ९२
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