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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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and very good hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; red chalk used; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; there is some space kept blank in the centre of the numbered and the unnumbered sides as well; edges of the last two foll. gone; condition on the whole tolerably good; complete upto 1769; a kalpa following it ends abruptly ; full extent 3529 teng.
In this work there is a reference to the distruction of Valabli in V. S. 854 by a non-Jaina (Mleceha ruler) and to an
attack by Mahamuda Gajanavi on Gujarat in V. S. 1081.* Age - Pretty old. Author - Jinaprabhasūri, pupil of Jinahamsasūri of the Kharatara
Gaccha. He had come in direct touch of Sultan Mahammad Tughalakh who gave him various pharmans.
For his additional works etc. see No. Subject - A detailed information about various tirthas ( holy places )
commencing with Satruñjayatirtha is given by me in Gujarāti. Its Hindi translation is published in 'जैन साहित्य का बृहद् इतिहास' Vol. IV, pp. 321-324. Some of the kalpas are in Sanskrit and some in Prākpit.
This work (V. T. K.) is utilized in the Prabandhacintāmani and Prabhāvakacarita. Sātavāhanacarita is narrated in 3 kalpas afàgta-477-79 (kalpa 22), afa877-45-49 ( kalpa
33) and प्रतिष्ठानपुराधिपति-सातवाहनचरित (kalpa 34). Begins — fol. la
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1. This is the oldest and unique reference, 2. See the next No.
