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32.1
अशोकचन्द्र- रोहिणी-२
No. 32
Size. 10 in. by 4 in.
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Extent. 47 folios; 14 lines to a page; 50 letters to a line. Description. Country paper somewhat thick, tough and white; Jaina Devanagari characters; sufficiently big, quite legible, fairly uniform and very good hand-writing; borders ruled in two lines in black ink ; same is the case with edges; red chalk used; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; 10 fol. 1 blank; so is the fol. 47; the first line and dandas for the verses written in red ink; yellow pigment used while making corrections; complete; composed in Samvat 1772 or 1774 in 'Sendampura ( Saiyadpură) near Surat; condition very good.
Age. Samvat 1774.
Author.
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The Svetambara Narratives
-रास
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Aśokacandra-Rohiņi-rāsa
Nayavimala alias Jñānavimala Suri, pupil of Dhiravimala. This Sūri was born in V. S. 1694. His father's name was Vasava and that of his mother Kanakāvati. He was named as Nathumala. He took dikşa in V. S. 1702 and was named as Nayavimaia. His vidyagurus were Amṛtavimala Gani and Meruvimala Gani. He was given the title of "pandita" in V. S. 1727 and was made "Süri " in V. S. 1748 (1749). He was then named as Jñānavimala Suri. He died in Cambay at the age of 88 in 25V. S. 1782.2
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1877-78.
He has composed works in Sanskrit as well as in
Gujarati. His Sanskrit works are as under:
( 1 ) प्रश्नद्वात्रिंशिकास्तोत्र.
( 2 ) श्रीपाल चरित्र
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A commentary on पण्डावागरण.
A commentary on संसारदावानल स्तुति.
V. S. 1745.
2 See Jaina Gurjara Kavio (Vol. II, p 308), 6 J. L. P.I
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. 1 At present this locality forms a part of Surat. For details see my article " सैयदपुरानुं स्वतंत्र अस्तित्व " published in the deily named as गुजरातदर्पण " on 28-6'-62.
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