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the strictest sense. For, at times, pupil may turn out to be a grandpupil or devotee, and guru may mean only reverend' and not • dikșa-guru' (one who admitted to the monastic order ) or vidyaguru (one who gave spiritual trainig). Further, in the case of the Jaina clergy and laity the period assigned to them is only approximate. It may differ even by a century or so. This tentative information, though not exact, has its own value, and that is why it is attempt. ed here.
Names of scribes have been assigned a separate place so that firstly we can know as to which class of people have done writing work, and secondly we can know at once if there is an autograph of any particular individual.
A list of some of the presentees has been given separately though, once I had desired to give it completely with that of donors. It seems that especially rich house-holders of the Jaina community bore expenses of getting works beautifully transcribed and considered it a meritorious act to present such transcriptions to Jaina clergy. I have not come across any name of a householder as presentee. In the case of the clergy Merunandana is a donor.
In this appendix VIII we come across several names which are identical. This does not invariably mean that those who have a common name are necessarily so. Consequently I had to dis. tinguish one individual from the other with the help of the materia recorded in this catalogue. A thorough investigation by consulting other sources may lead to a contrarary result in some cases, but it is out of question when this is after all a descriptive catalogue.
This appendix deals with proper names out of which some, though linguistically different, represent one and the same object. In order that this may be realised, I have given equations which point out the corresponding identities,
In this Appendix VIII there is an entry about lines in addition to that of pages. It serves a useful purpose, for a name occurring more than once on one and the same page, gets recorded.
In Appendix IX I have noted abbreviations more than once with a view to furnishing data for their history,
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| SR No. | 018045 |
| Book Title | Descriptive Catalogue of Govt Collections of Manuscripts Part 5 Ten Appendices |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hiralal R Kapadia |
| Publisher | Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |
| Publication Year | 1954 |
| Total Pages | 330 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Catalogue & Catalogue |
| File Size | 11 MB |