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497.1
The Svetāmbara Narratives
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मृगावतीचरित्र
Mrgāvatīcaritra [मृगावतीचोपइ]
[ Mrgavaticopai ]
1311. No. 497
1886-92. Size.-- 10} in. by 43 in. Extent.- 31-1 = 30 folios ; i3 lines to a page; 40 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thin and greyish; Devanagari
characters; bold, big, legible and good hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; numbers for foll. entered twice as usual ; ful, r. blank ; this Ms. seems to bave 10 been exposed to rain ; for, foll. 5, 6 and 28 have become less legible ; fol. 29 lacking ; otherwise complete ; 3 khandas
and 38 dralas in all ; composed in Samvat 1668. Age. - Seems to be old. Author.-- Samayasundara. For his additional works etc. see No. 15
392 (p. 94). Subject.— Life of Mrgāvati narrated in Gujarāti. Begins.- fol. 1° ५ ५७ ॥
दूहा ९ समरु सरसति सामिणी प्रणमुं सदगुरुपाय ।
20 बे कर जोडी बीनवं । मागु एक पसाय ॥ १॥ etc. तिण कारणि भगति भणुं मगावतीचरित्र ।
सावधान थइ संभलउं जनम करूं सुपवित्र ॥ ९॥ etc. Ends.- fol. 310
ते भणी ह्यल राग सुकहिज्यो । चतुर तुम्हे जस लहिज्यो बे । मृ०। 25 वा(बा)रमी ढाल षड त्रीजानी । समयसुंदर मन माने बे । ३२।। सोलइसई अठसठ्या वरथे । हुइ चउपई घणे हरणे थे । मृ० । मृगावतीचरित्र कह्यां निहु खंडे। ध(घ)णे आणंद घमंडे बे ॥ ३३ ॥ मोहणवेलि चउपई सुणतां भणता नइ गुणतां वे ॥ समयसुंदर द्यइं संघ आसीसां रिद्धि वृद्धि सुजगीसा बे ॥ ३४ ॥ 30
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