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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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THE FIFTH ANGA
भगवतीसूत्र (भगवईसत्त)
Bhagavatīsūtra : ( Bhagavaisutta)
No. 87
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1870-71. Size.-9 in. by 4g in. Extent.--379 folios; 15 lines to a page ; 48 letters to a line. Description.-Country paper, rough, tough and white; Deva- nāgari characters with पृष्ठमात्राs; big, legible and good
hand-writing ; borders mostly ruled in four lines in black ink; red chalk and yellow pigment used; foll. numbered twice as usual ; foll. I' and 379b decorated with a pattern; foll. 86 to 88 wrongly, numbered as 87 etc., but subsequently these numbers are corrected ; fol. 216th wrongly numbered as 116 in the right hand margin ; edges of the first fol. slightly worn out; fol. 132 partly torn; foll. 344 to 346 torn in the body by one who must have tried to separate them after they had stuck together owing to the presence of gum in ink; condition on the whole good;
complete ; extent 16000o. Age.-Samvat 1620. Author.-Sudharmasvamin according to the Jaina tradition. Subject.-This fifth anga also known as Vivāhaprajñapti and
Vyākhyāprajñapti is mainly busy elucidating the fundamental tenets of Jainism. It contains 41 śatakas or chapters with occasional subdivisions styled as uddeśakas. It com
prises 36,000 questions. Begins.-fol. I' ॐ जिनाय नमः ॥
___ नमो अरिहंताणं नमो सिदाणं नमो आयरियाणं नमो उपज्झायाणं नमो
लोए सव्वसाहूणं ॥ नमो बंभीए लिवीए रायगिहे etc. Ends.-fol. 378 पंचे()दियाणं बारस । संणिपंचे()दियमहाजुमसताइ(इं) एकर
(क)वीसं एग(गिं)दियाइ वसेणं उदि(हि)सिज्जति रासीजुमसतं एग(गिं)दिवसेण उद्विसिज्ज(ज्ज)ति ॥छ॥ पंचमांगसूत्रपुस्तकमिदं ॥ ग्रंथानं १६००००॥
यादृशं पुस्तके दृष्ट्वा ॥ ताद(ह)श लिष्यते मया । यदि शुद्धम(शुद्धं वा । मम दोषो न दीयते ॥