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THE SECOND UPANGA राजप्रश्नीयसूत्र
Rājapraśnīyasūtra (रायपसेणीयसुत्त)
( Rayapaseniyasutta)
1240. No. 189
1887-91. Size.— 104 in. by 4} in. Extent.— 43 folios ; 16 lines to a page ; 46 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper rough and greyish; Devanagari chara
cters with occasional E ETS; small, legible, bold and good hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; red chalk used; fol. 1a blank; so is the fol. 436; a part of the text written on fol. 12; condition very good ; complete;
extent 2509 ślokas. Age.-- Pretty old. Subject. -- This is the second upānga. It mainly deals with the birth
of King Pradesi as Süryäbha deva, his celestial grandeour and enjoyments, his staging of a drama and a dance in the presence of Lord Mahāvīra, description of his vimana ( celestial car ), and a dialogue regarding the identity of soul and body between him and Keśi nirgrantha, follower
of Lord Pārśva. Begins.- fol. I' उ (ॐ) नमो(मः) श्रीवीतरागाय[:]॥
नमो अरिहंताणं नमो सिद्धाणं etc., up to पढमं हवइ मंगलं ॥१॥
तेणं कालेणं तेणं समएणं आमलकप्पा नाम णयरी होत्था । etc. Ends.- fol. 43 सव्वदुक्खाणमंतं करेमि ॥छ । सेवं भंते सेवं मंते भगवं गोयमे
समणं भगवं महावीरं । वंदइ णमंसइ। वंदित्ता नमंसित्ता । संजमेणं तवसा अप्पाणं भावेमाणे विहरति ॥छ॥ णमो जिणाणं जियभयाणं । णमो मुयदेवयाए भगवईए। जमो पण्णत्तीए भगवईए णमो भगवओ अरहओ पासस्स पस्से (पस्से)। पस्सवणी(णा) णमो ॥९। रायपसेणइयं सम्मत्तं ॥ ग्रं.२५०९॥श्री॥छ॥शुभं भूयात् ॥ Then follows a line in different hand as under:
पं. श्रीविजयचंद्रगणि प्रति Reference. The text together with the Sanskrit commentary of
Malayagiri Suri and the Gujarāti commentary of Megharāja
