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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
उपासकदशाङ्गसूत्रव्याख्या
Upāsakadasāngasūtravyākhyā
No. 139
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55 (8). 1870-71.
Size.- 101 in. by 41 in. Extent.— 39 folios ; 13 lines to a page ; so letters to a line. Description.-Country paper, thin and greyish; Devanagari charac
ters with पृष्ठमात्राs; quite clear, bold, big, uniform and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in four lines in black ink, the space between the pairs coloured red ; fol. I decorated with a pattern in red colour; so is the fol. 396 but the pattern is different; red chalk and yellow pigment used; unnumbered sides have one small circular disc in the centre, in red ink, the numbered having three-one in the centre and one, in each margin ; edges of the first four foll. slightly damaged; condition very fair; complete ; this work containing the प्रतीकs of the text ends on fol. 27; on fol. 34b numbers I to s are arranged in a square of s as under :
१|२|३४|५ ३1४/५/१/२ ५|१२|३|४ २३1४/५/१
४/५/१/२३, This Ms. contains two additional works as under :
( 1 ) अन्तकृदशाङ्गसूत्रविवरण foll... 27 - 36
(2) अनुत्तरोपपातिकदशाङ्गसूत्रविधरण ,, 36 - 39* Age.- Old. Author.- Abhayadeva Suri. Subject.-Commentary in Sanskrit to the seventh anga. Begins.- fol. I' श्रीवर्द्धमानमानम्य व्याख्या काचिद्विधीयते ।
उपासकदशादीनां प्रायो ग्रंथांतरेक्षिता ॥१॥ तत्रोपासकदशाः । सप्तममंगमिह चायमभिधानार्थ उपासकानां श्रमणोपासकानां संबंधेनानुष्ठानस्य प्रतिपाद(दि)का दशा दशाध्ययनरूपा उपासकदशा
बहुवचनांतमेतद्वंथनाम । etc.. Ends. -- fol. 27* यदिह न व्याख्यातं तत्सर्व ज्ञाताधर्मकथाव्याख्यानमुपयुक्तेन
निरूप्यावसयामिति ॥ छ ।
