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136
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शीलदूत
No. 750
Size
. 10g in. by 48 in.
Extent - 9 folios; 15 lines to a page; 40 letters to a line.
Description - Country paper somewhat thick, tough and white; Jaina Devanāgarī characters with frequent पृष्ठमात्राs; big, quite legible, uniform and very good hand - writing; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; yellow pigment used for making corrections; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; fol. 1a blank ; the last 7 lines on fol. 96 written in red ink; 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.
Age
Author
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Samvat 1701 ( ? )
Upadhyaya Caritrasundara Gaņi, pupil of Ratnasimha Sūri of the Bṛhat Tapā gaccha.
Subject Life of Sthulabhadra and that of Kośa. This work is a padapurti of Kalidasa's Meghadūta. Herein the chastity of Sthulabhadra is praised.
Jaina Literature and Philosophy
Begins – fol. 10
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Jain Education International
Ends-fol. 9a
Śiladūta
316
1871-72
For a discussion in Hindi see Jaina Antiquary (Jaina Bhāskara Vol. II, No. >
For additional MSS. see Jinaratnakośa (Vol. I, p. 384).
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ॐ नमः महोपाध्याय श्री ५ श्री भानुचंद्र गणिगुरुभ्यो नमः भुक्त्वा भोगान् सुभगतिलकः कोशया सार्द्धमिद्धान् धन्यो मान्यो निखिलविदुषां भद्रया स्थूलभद्रः चक्रे श्रुत्वा जनकनिधनं जातसंवेगरंगः स्निग्धच्छायातरुषु वसतिं रामगिर्याश्रमेषु १ etc.
शिष्यो मुख्योऽखिलबुधमुदे दक्षमुख्यस्य सूरे चारित्रादिर्धरणिवलये सुंदराख्याप्रसिद्धः च काव्यं सुललितमहो शलिदूताभिधानं नंद्यात् सं जगति तदिवं स्थूलभद्रस्य कीर्त्यां ॥ ३० ॥
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