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472.]
The Svetāmbara Narratives
199
मल्लिस्वामिचरित
Mallisvámicarita
608. No. 472
1895-98. Size.- 12 in. by 48 in. Extent.— 89 folios ; Is lines to a page ; 52 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thick and grey ; Devanāgari characters
with पृष्ठमात्रा ; small, legible and good hand-writing ; red chalk used; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; space between the pairs coloured red; the unnumbered sides have a small spot in red colour in the centre; the numbered, 10 in each of the two margins, too; foll. numbered as usual; fol. 1 a blank; the right-hand portions of foll. Ib and 2a kept blank perhaps with a view to decorate them with pictures of some of the Jinas; edges etc. of most of the foll. damaged; in some cases, they are even worn out; the isth is fol. seems to have been exposed to fire ; a piece of white paper pasted to fol. 34; so the corresponding written portion wanting; foll. 35-49 have small pieces of paper pasted to their edges ; fol. 49 torn; fol. 55 very badly; condition unsatisfactory ; incomplete.
20 Age.— Fairly old. Author- He may be Vinayacandra Suri. Subject.— Life of Mallinātha, a Tirthankara of the Jainas. Begins.- fol. 10 ॥५६॥ ॥ ओ (7) अहं नमः ॥
महातेजःप्राप्तः सर्वमंगलोल्लासकारणं । अर्हन् गणश्रियं प्रीणन् जयताद् वृषभध्वजः ॥ १ कुंभजन्मासितध्यानांजलिपीतभवोदधिः । श्रीमन्मल्लिर्जितो(नो) भूयात् पापवातापितापनः ॥ २ ओ(?)महीनो द्विजिह्नो(5)पि क्षमाभारक्षमो(5)जनि । आश्रयाद् यस्य स स्याद् वः श्रिये पार्श्वजिनेश्वरः ॥ ३ वंदारुसुरकोटीरवकोटीचक्रचुबिताः । जीयासुर्वीरनाथस्य क्रमद्वंद्वनखेदवः ॥ ४
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