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legible, uniform and good hand-writingborders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; dandas and numbers for some verses written in red ink; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; 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; yellow pigment used for making corrections; some of the foll. slightly worm-eaten; condition on the whole
tolerably good; complete; composed in Samvat 1593. Age - Pretty old. Author - Brahma (Vinayadeva Süri), pupil of Pārsvacandra Sūri.
For his life and additional works see Jaina Gurjara Kavio
(Vol. I, pp. 156-158 and Vol. III, pt. 1, pp. 606-613). Subject - Story of Susadha. This occurs in Mahanisiha etc. Begins - fol. 1bए॥६०॥ १
सुषकर श्रीजिनशासनराय । वीर जिणिदह प्रणमउ पाय । श्रीगुरुचरणई नामी सीस ।
सुसढकथा भाषिवा जगीस। १ । etc. Ends — fol. 15a
चउथ छट्ठ मास क्खमण । प्रमुख सयल तपसार । जिन भान्यासउ आचरउ जिम पामउ भवपार । ५० । श्रीपासचंदसूरिंदवर । चरणयुगल पणामवि । ब्रह्मशिष्यि ए वर्णव्यउ । सुसढचरित्र संखेवि । ५१ । महानिशीथई एहनु छई संबंध विचार । भपर ग्रंथि दीठउ जि वलि तिहथी ए उद्धार । ५२ ।। भुवनग्रहशरचंद ( १५९३ ?) मितवरसि कह्यउ धरि रंग ।
भणउ' गुणउ मंगलकरण जिम हुइ सुख अभंग ॥ २५३ ॥ इति सुसढचरित्रवर्णनप्रबंधः ॥ छ ॥ श्रीरस्तु ॥ छ ॥ शुभं भवतु ॥ छ ॥ श्रीः॥छ । श्री॥
पो. ६८ प्र. १९ ग। दीप्तिविजयस्य Reference - For extracts and additional MSS. see Jaina Gurjara
Kavio (Vol. III, pt. 1, p.606).
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