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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[818
सिंहासनद्वात्रिंशिका
No. 818 Size - 12g in. by 73 in.
Simhāsanadvātrimsikā
163 1866-68
Extent --- 41 folios; 11 lines to a page ; 37 letters to a line.
Description - Foreign paper with the water-marks Smith and Meynier
Fierme, and a brand of a crown tough and bluish Devanāgari characters; bold, very big, legible and good hand-writing; borders not ruled; numbers of foll. mostly entered twice as usual; fol. 7th not numbered even once; yellow pigment used; complete; cloth-bound.
Age - Modern. Author - Not mentioned. Subject - Famous Lokakathās i. e. 32 stories about Vikramāditya told
in Sanskrit in the court of king Bhoja.
The lion-throne of Vikramaditya had 32 dolls, each gave one story and hence the title.
Begins - fol. 1a
॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ ॥ अनंतशब्दार्थगतोपयोगिनः॥ पश्यंति पारं नहि यस्य योगिनः ।। जगत्रयाशेषतमोविनाशकं ।
ज्योतिः परंत तत्(ज) जयति प्रकाशं ॥ १॥ Ends - fol. 41b
ततो राजा प्राह । नाई यांचां कु । न च मे केनापि प्रयोजनं । ततस्ताः प्राहुः । भोजराज या कश्चित् एतत् श्रीविक्रमादित्य... ।
चरित्रं देवांगनासंवादसुंदरं पठिष्यति श्रोष्याति वाचयिष्यति तस्य()ति कीर्तिर्लक्ष्मी सकलसौख्याप्राप्ति भ(भ)विष्यतीति वरं दत्वा देवांगनाः स्वर्गे जग्मुः ।। श्रीभोजलधिमेखलाया सखंडशासनश्चिरं रराज लक्ष्म्या ॥
इति सिंहासनद्वात्रिंशिका ससा(मा)ता ॥ श्रीकृष्णार्पणमस्तु ॥
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