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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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THE SEVENTH ANGA
उपासकदशाङ्गसूत्र . (उवासगदसंगसुत्त)
Upāsakadasāngasutra ( Uvāsagadasanga sutta )
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No. 135
173. 1871-72.
Size.— 104 in. by 44 in. Extent.- 23 folios, ; 13 lines to a page ; 47 letters to a line.
Description.- Country paper, thin and greyish; Devanagari chara
ters with पृष्ठमात्राs; bold, legible, big, uniform and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in four lines in black ink, the intervening space between the pairs coloured red : fol I" blank; a piece of paper of the size of the fol. pasted to the first fol. ; red chalk and yellow pigment used; marginal notes written on several foll. ; unnumbered sides have one small circular disc in the centre; the numbered having two more, one in each margin ; a strip of paper pasted to the
fol. 23° ; condition very fair ; complete; extent 912 ślokas. Age.- Old. Author.- Sudharmasvāmin according to the Jaina tradition. Subject.- Lives of ten lay-disciples of Lord Mahavira narrated. Begins.- fol. 1 तेणं कालेणं । तेणं समएणं । चंपा नाम नयरी होत्था ॥ वन्नो
पुनभद्दे etc. Ends.-- fol. 23* एवं खलु जंबू समणेणं जाव संपत्तेणं सत्तमस्स अंगस्स उवासग
दसाणं दसमस्स अज्झयणस्स अयमढे पण(ण्ण)त्ते । छ। उवासगदसाओ संमत्ताओ छ । उवासगदसाणं सत्तमस्स अंगस्स एगो सुय(क)खंधो दस अज्झयणा एकारं(?कसर)गा दससु चेव दिवसेसु ओ(उ)द्विसंति तउ सुयक्खंधो समुद्दिसदि अणुण्णविज्जइ दोस दिवसेसु अंगं तहेव । छ । ग्रंथानं ९१२ छ
छ । etc. Reference. This seventh anga consisting of ro adhyayanas along
with the Sanskrit commentary of Abhayadeva Súri and a
