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इती श्रीगजसीहचरीत्रे प्राकृतप्रबंधे योगीमीनीजीत्य 'स्वर्णपूर संप्राप्ति बेश्याषिडंबनं चतुर्थकन्याप्रां( पाणीग्रहणांमागत्य राज्याभिषेकमोहछवकेवलीदेशना पुर्वभववर्णन प्रवज्याग्रहणं मोक्षप्राप्तिवर्णने पो ए भी पदार्थे चतुर्थोल्लास संपूर्णम् ॥
जब लग 'मेरु अडग हे तब लग ससी अर सूर ॥ जब लग आ पोथी सदा रेहजो गुण भरपूर ॥१॥
श्रीसंवस्तु श्रीकल्याणमस्तुः ॥ संवत् १९०४ना माहा पद १२ गुरुवासरे। ल | साध्वी लषमी श्री पोमावां ग्रामे चोमासु कृत्वा श्रीशं(शांतिनाथजी
प्रसादातुः। श्री॥१॥ Reference- For extracts and additional Mss. see Jaina Gurjara
Kavio ( Vol. III, pt. 1, pp. 196-198 & Vol. III, pt. 2, p. 1544).
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गजसकुमालकथा
Gajasukumālakatbā No. 177
1301.
1887-91. Size.- 101 in. by 4g in. Extent.-22 folios; IS lines to a page ; 35 letters to a line. ..... Description.- Country paper somewhat thick, rough, tough and
white ; Jaina Devanagari characters with rare QUASIS ; big, quite legible, uniform and very beautiful hand-writing; borders ruled in three lines and edges in two in red ink ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; fol. 1 blank ; so is the fol. 226; central portions of the numbered and the unnumbered sides as well decorated with a design in red colour; in some cases even the marginal portions are so decorated; dandas written in red ink ; yellow pigment used while making corrections; condition very good except that
the edges of the last fol. are slightly gone ; complete. Age.- Pretty old. Author.- Not mentioned. Subject. - This work mostly in Sanskrit narrates the life of
Gajasukumāla, the youngest brother of Vasudeva Krşņa. This narration points out the importance of forgiveness.
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