________________
10
Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[330.
ruled in two lines and edges in one in red ink; red chalk used profusely ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin ;
condition very good ; complete. Age- Pretty old. s Author.- Not mentioned. __Subject.- Stories pointing out the prowess of " Namaskāramantra",
a portion of Åvassaya. The last story is that of Ratnavati. Begins.- fol. 1* ५ श्रीपरमात्मने नमः
प्रणम्य परया भक्त्या वीरं शासननायक 10
श्रीनमस्कारमंत्रस्य महात्म्यं किंचिदुच्यते ?
इह लोफे दृष्टांतत्रयं यथा etc. Ends.- fol. 8° भथ राजसिंहस्य प्रतापसिंह इति नाम्ना पुत्रो जातः तस्मै
राज्यभारं दत्वा प्रांते गुरूणां समीपे आराधनापूर्वकं पापस्थानानि प्रत्याख्याय समाधिना मृत्वा ब्रह्मलोके' देवो जातो रत्नवत्यपि प्रांते तथैव समाधिना मृत्वा तत्रैव देवत्वेनोत्पन्ना ततऋयुत्वा 'महाविदेह'क्षेत्रे द्वावपि सुकुले मनुष्यत्वं प्राप्य शिवं प्राप्स्यत इति नमस्कारदृष्टांताः संक्षेपेण निरूपिताः soft:. Then in a different hand we have :
॥ पं.रंगसुंदरमुनेः पत्राण्येतानि
20
नमस्कारमाहात्म्य
Namaskāramāhātmya No. 331
298.
1883-84. Size. — 109 in. by 4i in. Extent.- 6 folios ; 18 lines to a page ; 40 letters to a line. Description. -- Country paper thin, tough and greyish; Jaina
Devanagari characters with occasional पृष्ठमात्राs; big, quite legible, uniform and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; red chalk used ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; fol. 6° blank ; edges of several foll. slightly gone ; condition on the whole good; complete; composed at Siddhapattana ; the entire work is
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
