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The Digambara Works
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दर्शनरत्नरत्नाकर
Darsanaratnaratnākara (आदिनाथचरित्र)
(Adināthacaritra )
1167 No. 1176 (%D272c)
1887-91 Size - 10in. by 44 in. Extent -415-81 = 334 folios; 15 lines to a page; 48 letters to a
line. Description - Country paper thin and white; Jaina Devanāgari
characters with occasional yatars; small, clear and very fair hand-writing; borders ruled in two lines in black ink; red chalk used; fol. 1a blank, foll. 2, 104, 127, 132, 261 to 263. 266 to 271, 280, 288 to 292,311-335,337 to 342, 347 to 354, 357, 358, 362, 363, 370 to 374 and 378 to 391 missing; so incomplete; composed in Samvat 1570 in Sanskrit; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; in all Four Laharis (parts); Granthagra 18000 (of complete work). 1st Part contains 5 chapters (Taramgas ) 2nd , 3 , ( )
3rd
4th
3 , ( , ) Age - Samvat 1657. Author -- Indrasāra, pupil of Indranandisūri, pupil of Somajaya
Sūri. Subject Life of Lord Rşabha. The chapters and the parts are pamed
as Taram gas and Laharis so as to suit the metaphorical titlo
of the work. Begins - fol. 1b॥ॐ॥
ॐ नमः परमब्रह्मणे परमध्येयाय । परमब्रह्मरूपाय जगत्पूज्याय तायिने । यथार्थदर्शिने भूयान्नमः श्रीपरमेष्टिने ॥१॥
अथातः सकलभव्यजनमनःप्रमोदमेदुरता विधानसावधानां कायिकवाचिकमानसिककर्मकदंबक बहुलभवोपार्जितशुभेतरकर्मकलापमहामहीरुहसमूलनिर्मूलनप्रथमप्रावृषेण्यसजलजलधरवृष्टिप्रकृष्टवृद्धिप्रापितबकुलसलिलसमूहतारकजनदुराकलनीयशैवलिनीमहाप्रवाहप्रतिमितिधारिणी श्रीमधुगादिदेवदेवस्य स्वरूप. मानवर्णनेन चरित्रका वर्णयिष्ये । etc.
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