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Jaina Literature and Philosophy [i104 व्रतकथाकोशभाषा
Vratakathākosabhāsā
969 No. 1104
1892-95 Size -- 13} in. by 64 in. Extent — 90 folios; 13 lines to a page; 32 letters to a line. Description - Country paper thick, tough and white; Jaina Devanāgari
characters; big, perfectly legible, uniform and beautiful handwriting; borders ruled mostly in two lines and edges in one, in red ink; foll. numbered in both the margins; fol. 1a blank; daņdas, some words and lines written in red ink; edges of the last fol. slightly gone; condition on the whole very good%3B
complete ; last three lines written in a different hand. Age - Samvat 1888. Author (of original text in Sanskrit)-Srutasāgara. Translator in Hindi poetry -Khusyalacanda. Subject - Narratives about various Jaina Vrata-festivals (vows ). Begins - fol. 1b || ॐ ॥
श्रीवीतरागाय नमः ॥ अथ वृतकथाकोशभाषा कुस्यालचंदकृत लिषते ॥ प्रथम जेठजिणवरकथा ॥ १॥ चौपई ॥ आदिनाथ बंदौ जिनराय ॥ कर्मकलंक रहत सुषदाय ॥ धनुषपंचमैं जाकौ काय ॥ वृषलछनसोभै अधिकाय ॥ १ ॥ बर्धमांन वंदौ जिनदेव ॥ प्रियकारणीमातसु एव ॥ सप्त हस्त तन हेमसमान ॥ सिधारथनृपको सुत जान ॥२॥ गणधर बंदौ मनबचकाय श्रुतबंदौ उज्जलसुधकाय ।।
जेठजिनंदकथा कहू सार । सुणिज्यो भवि भागै बिसतार॥३॥ etc. Ends - fol. 900
सरबारथसिधिळू गये ।। जहां अधिक सुष पाय ॥ चयजिनंद उपजै इहां ॥ नाभिपुत्र जिनराय ॥ ९२ ॥ इनि तपकी महिमा घणी ॥ कहू काहालौ और ॥ दस अपार भावनीत । तारणसमरथ जोर ॥ १३ ॥
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