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165.)
The Svetämbara Narratives
213 कृत्वा तपः स्वर्गसुखान्यवाप ॥ ६३
दाने कृतपुण्यकथा ॥५॥ Reference. - In Jinaratnakośa ( Vol. I, p. 95 ) a Ms. of the work
of this name is noted. Is it pertinent ?
Foularta
Krsṇacaritra s (ugafta)
( Kaạbacaritta )
670. No. 165
1892-95. Size. — 10 in. by 4; in. .. Extent.- 55 folios ; 11 lines to a page ; 34 letters to a line. Description - Country paper somewhat thick, tough and white ;
Jaina Devanāgari characters with occasional TEAITIS ; big, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; fol. 1. blank : yellow 15 pigment used while making corrections; there is a red spot in the centre of the numbered and the unnumbered sides as well ; in the case of the former there is one red spot in each of the two margins, too; in the left-hand margin the title is written as 6601 ; condition very good ; com. 20
plete ; 1198 verses in all. Age.- Samvat 1658. Author. - Not mentioned. Subject.-- A metrical composition in Prakrit describing the life of
Krşņa, one of the nine Vasudevas. He will be the 12th 25 Tirthannara named as Amama in the ensuing Utsarpiņi in India (Bhāratavarşa), and he along with his former brother
will then attain salvation. Begins.— fol. 10 4&O sfisert) AA:
अरिहंत १ सिद्ध २ पबयण ३ गुरु ४ घे(ऽथे)र ५ बहुस्सए ६ तबस्सीस ७ ३० ...... पच्छल्लया य एसि आमिक्खनाणो चउगे य८
दसण ९ विणए १० आवस्सए य ११ सीलब्धए निरइयारो १२ खणलव १३ तब १४ खिया १५ वेयावच्चे १६ समाही व १७
