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The Svetāmbara Works
239
II
VI
Extent-29 folios ; 10 lines to a page; 42 letters to a line. Description - Country paper somewhat thick, tough and white; Jaina
Devanagari characters%3; big, quite legible, uniform and good hand-writing; borders not ruled; red chalk used; foll. numbered in both the margins ; edges of the last fol. partly gone; condition on the whole good; complete ; 555 verses; 11 cantos in all. The extent of each of them is as under: Canto I foll. 1a to 30
30 to 66 III
66 to 9a IV
9a to 11b V
110 to 14a
14a to 160 VII
16b to 19a VII
19a to 21b IX
216 to 24a
24a to 27a XI
27a to 290 Age - Not modern. Author-Arisimha Suri. The author of 4 verses at the end of each
of the 11 cantos is Venikrpana' Amaracandra. For his life
and works see my introduction to Padmānanda-mahākāvya. Subject - Eulogy of the good deeds of Vastupāla in Sanskrit. This
work commences with the description of Cāpotkața (Cāvadā ) genealogy.
Begins — fol. 1a
श्रीसर्वज्ञाय नमः ॥ श्रीवेश्मविस्मयमयप्रबलप्रताप'श्चापोत्कटा'न्वयवनैकहरिनरेंद्रः । आसीदऽसीमचरितः परितप्तशत्रुसलार्पिता हि नलिनो वनराजदेव ॥१॥ यत्खड्गखंडितविरोधिशिरोधिरक्तश्रोतश्विनीभिरुदधिर्विदधे सरागः । येनाधुना(5)प्यरुणतां भजतस्तदंकसंपर्कतोऽर्कशशिनावुदयक्षणेषु ।। २ ॥ etc.
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