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262 Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[517. Begins.- fol. 1. ॐ नमः ॥
स्वस्तिश्रीसौख्यस(स्रोष्टारं सारं संसारपारद ॥
दानधर्म प्रवि(व)क्ष्यामि नत्वा श्रीज्ञातनंदनं ॥ etc. Ends.- fol. 150
इत्यवेत्य भविका ! मुनिदान
संभवं फलमुदारमनद्यर्थ्य । यत्नमत्र सततं प्रकुरुध्वं
येन वो भवति सौख्यमनंतं ॥ ४० । श्रीमत्तपोगच्छशिरोमणीनां
श्रीरत्नसिंहाख्यगुरूत्तमाणां ॥ शिष्येण दानोपरि रत्नचूडा
__ कू(कथा) कृतेयं भुवि नंदताांच्चरं ॥ ४१ ॥
इति श्रीरत्नसिंहसूरीश्वरशिष्यश्रीज्ञानसागरविरचित(ता) दानोपरि
श्रीरत्नचूडकथा संपूर्णा ॥ पं०नेमिरत्नगणिशिष्येण लिखितं IS Reference.- Published in Yasovijaya Jaina Granthamala in V. S.
1974.
This work is translated into German by Johannes Hertel. It is published in “ Indische in Märchenromane” from Leipzig in A. D. !922. ___For additional Mss. see Jinaratnakosa ( Vol. I, p. 327).
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रत्नचूडकथा
Ratnacūdakathā No. 518
231.
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