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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[664
_(.) ३६५८. पं. श्रीविजयहर्षगाशि' N. B. - For additional details see No. 661
वासुपूज्यचरित्र (सर्थनक) Vasupujyacaritra ( Sarthanakam )
1827 No. 664
1886-92 Size -101 in. by 44 in. Extent -3 folios; 18-20 lines to a page; 58-62 letters to a line. Description-Country paper thin, tough and white; Jaina Devanagari
characters with occasional पृष्ठमात्राs; small, quite legible, uni: form and good hand.writing; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin%3B in the centre of the numbered and unnumbered sides as well, there is some space kept blank, so as to form a design, condi. tion very good ; complete; 4 contos in all; this is the only
work in Sanskrit dealing with the life of Vasupujya. Age-Samvat 1487. Author - Vardhamānasūri. Subject - Abridged edition of the author's detailed life history of
Sri Vāsupujyaswāmi the 12th Tirthamkara. Begins - fol. 1a
॥६० ॥ अहं नौमि. ।। सुकृतं । उत्तमचरित्रश्रवणात् अतः श्री वासु. पूज्यचरित्र ।
'पुष्करवर' द्वीपार्दै पूर्वमहाविदेहक्षेत्रे । ‘मंगलावती' विजये। ' रत्नपुर पुरे । राजा पद्मोत्तरः ।
नलिनीगुल्मः महापद्मः । इति नामत्रयेण ख्यातः । etc. Ends - fol 36
इत्यादि तस्य जीवस्त्वं राजन् । तदपत्यैः पंचमीतपः । वासुपूज्यनमनं । सर्वेषु मुक्तिः॥ श्रीवासुपूज्यः सुराष्ष्ट्रायां । उतीर्य ७२००० श्रमणाः । साध्वीलक्षं । चतुर्दश पूर्वधराः ।
1. Red pigment is applied. Hence letters are not legible. 2. The verse beginnihg with नौमि is given in No. 663,
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