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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
1664
प्र (०) ३६५८. पं. श्रीविजयहर्षगाशि N. B. --- For additional details see No. 661
वासुपूज्यचरित्र (सर्थनक) Vasupujyacaritra ( Sarthanakam).
1827 No. 664
1886-92 Size -101 in. by 4 in. Extent-3 folios%3 18-20 lines to a page; 58-62 letters to a line. Description - Country paper thin, tough and white; Jaina Devanāgari
characters with occasional पृष्ठमात्राs; small, quite legible, uni: form and good hand-writing; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin%B in the centre of the numbered and unnumbered sides as well; there is some space kept blank, so as to form a design%3; condition very good; complete; 4 contos in all; this is the only
work in Sanskrit dealing with the life of Vasupujya. Age-Samvat 1487. Author-Vardhamānasuri. Subject - Abridged edition of the author's detailed life history of
Sri Vāsupujyaswămi the 12th Tirthamkara. Begins - fol. 1a
॥६० ॥ अहं नौमि.' ।। सुकृतं । उत्तमचरित्रश्रवणात् अतः श्री वासु. पूज्यचरित्र ।
'पुष्करवर' द्वीपार्दै पूर्वमहाविदेहक्षेत्रे ।। 'मंगलावती' विजये। ' रत्नपुर'पुरे । राजा पद्मोत्तरः ।
नलिनीगुल्मः महापद्मः । इति नामत्रयेण ख्यातः । etc. Ends-fol 30
इत्यादि तस्य जीवस्त्वं राजन् । तदपत्यैः पंचमीतपः । वासुपूज्यनमनं । सर्वेषु मुक्तिः॥ श्रीवासुपूज्यः सुराष्ट्रायां । उतीर्य ७२००० श्रमणाः । साध्वीलक्षं । चतुर्दश पूर्वधराः
1. 2.
Red pigment is applied. Hence letters are not legible. The verse beginnibg with नौमि is given in No. 863,
