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Description-Country paper thin, rough and greyish; Devanagari
characters with occasional पृष्ठमात्राs; bold, big, legible and good hand-writing: borders ruled in three lines in red ink: foll. 1a to 25b blankB edges of the first two folios slightly damaged; yellow pigment used; complete; 685 Sanskrit
verses in all. Subject - Life of Sthūlabhadra well-known for his strength of
character and chastity. Age - Not quite modern. Author - Jayānanda Sūri, pupil of Somatilaka Sūri of the Tapā
_gaccha. Begins - fol. 16
वीरो वर्यश्रिये वोऽस्तु जिनेंद्रो जगदर्चिनतः । रागादिरोधको विश्वबोधको बुद्ध विष्टपः॥ १ ॥ श्रीवीरशासनांभोजभासनैकनभोमणेः ।
स्थूलभद्रमुनींद्रस्य चरित्रं किमपि ब्रुवे ॥ २ ॥ etc. Ends ~ fol. 250
एवं श्रीस्थूलभद्रप्रवरमुनिपतेः पुण्यलावण्यमूर्तेः । सर्पत्कंदर्प ... रप्रकटपटुजयप्राप्तसुप्राज्यकीर्तेः।। एतञ्चित्रं चरित्रं कृतसुकृतिजनश्रीजयानंदसिद्धिं । शश्वद्व्यव्रजानां प्रथयतु परमां शुद्धशीलप्रवृद्धिं ॥ ६८५ ॥
इति श्रीस्थूलभद्रचरित्रं समाप्तम् ॥ Reference - Published by Hiralal Hansaraj, Jamnagar, 1910. Also
published in the D. L. P. F. Series, no 25 in A. D. 1915. For quotations see Peterson Reports V. p. 216. For an additional MS. with different opening lines see B. B. R. A.S. Vols. III. IV. p. 453. In Jinaratnakosa (Vol. I, p. 455) other MSS. are mentioned.
स्थूलभद्रचरित्र
No. 867 Size - 10% in. by 4t in.
Sthūlabhadracaritra
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