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527.1 The Svetāmbara Narratives
278 रत्नशेखर
Ratnasekharaरस्मवती-रास
Ratnavati-rasa
43. No. 527
1877-78. Size.-10d in. by 4g in. Extent. - 13 folios ; I 3 lines to a page ; 38 letters to a line. Description.--- Country paper thick, tough and white ; Jaina Deva
nāgari characters with occasional पृष्ठमात्राs; big, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing ; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; the space between these pairs 10 coloured red; red chalk used; foll. numbered in the righthand margins ; fol. 1a blank; in the centre of the numbered and unnumbered sides as well, there is some space kept blank so that it forms a design ; condition very good; complete ; composed in Samvat 1514(?) in Gujarāti.
I Age.-- Old. Author.- Vibudha (?) Súri. Subject. A story of Ratnasekhara and that of his wife Ratnavati.
This work deals with four parvans. Begins.- fol. 10 ॥ ६॥ ॥ श्रीवीतरागाय नमः ।
वस्तु। वीर जिणवर वीर-जिणवर-पाय पणमेवि । सरसति देवी मनि धरी निय-सुगुरु-सानिधि पामीय चउपु(प)वी ऊपरिहिं रत्नशेषर राजा सुधामीय । विन्नसु हूं एकचित्तियई कु(?ऊ)लट प(24)री अपार ।
25 भवीय लोय ! तुझे सांभलउ रत्नवतीभरतार १ । etc. Ends.- fol. 130
रूडी परि चउपु(प)व्वी पालु क्रोध मान माया मद टालु सिवसुखकारण ए सहीय । वेद वाणि तिथि (? १५१४) संख्या वरसे। . उजल मयणमित्र मासे शवातथि कर रक्षिं सहीय । १२। विबुधसूरि हूंउ वरवासू । सिद्धि योगि रचिउ रास उदारू वर्णवीउ ए नरवरू य भणइ गणइ जे रास रसाल । तस मंदिरि मंगल सुविशाल । ऋद्धिवृद्धिसुखजयकरू य । १३ ।
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