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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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विरुद्धमागमात्किंचिद्वचो यदि च भाषितं । तन्मे सरस्वति क्षतुमंते मातरर्हसि ॥ ६५ ॥ इति सप्तमपरमस्थानविधानकथानकं समाप्तं ॥
सप्तव्यसनवर्जनचरित्र
Saptavyasanavarjanacaritra (सत्तवसणवज्जणचरिय) (Sattavasanavajjanacariya)
1313 No. 1126
1891-95 Size - 103 in. by 4g in. Extent – 87 folios; 10 lines to a page ; 40 letters to a line.
Description - Country paper somewhat thick, rough, tough and
greyish; Jaina Devanagari characters; big, quite legible, fairly uniform and good hand-writing; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; the space between these pairs coloured red; the word and puspikās etc. written in red ink; letters of the puspikā of the third samdhi is written in black ink and red ink alternately; foll. numbered in the right. hand margin; fol, la blank; edges of some of the foll, yone ; otherwise the condition is very good ; complete ; 7 samdhis in all.
Age - Pretty old. Subject - Seven stories relating to abandonment of seven vices told in
Apabbramśa language. They are: gambling, flesh-eating, wine, prostitute, hunting, theft, and enjoying another's wife. For comparison the following works may be consulted :सप्तव्यसनकथा by भुवनकीर्ति, सप्तव्यसनकथानक by सोमकीर्ति, सप्तव्यसनकथासमुच्चय by सकलकीर्ति and सप्तव्यसनविरोध-श्रावकाचार by माणिक्यसूरि.
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श्रीवीतरागाय नमः॥ सयमहसयवंदहो । परमजिणंदहो।
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