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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
THE THIRD UPANGA
जीवाजीवाभिगमसूत्र . जीवाजीवाभिगमसुत्त )
No. 198
[ 198.
Jivajivabhigamasutra (Jivajivabhigamasutta)
1263. 1891-95.
Size. 12 in. by 47 in.
Extent. 134 folios; 13 lines to a page; 46 letters to a line. Description. Country paper thin and while; Devanagari characters with TS; quite legible, very big, uniform and very beautiful hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; the intermediate space between the pairs coloured red; a piece of paper of the same size as the fol. pasted to fol. 1; foll. 1 and 2 decorated with beautiful pictures, the 1st with that of Samavasarana with a Jina delivering a sermon and the 2nd with that of the audience; numbers entered thrice; once at the top in the left hand margin and twice in the right hand margin at the top as well as at the bottom; double set of numbers: 1, 2, 3 as usual and 89, 90, etc. as well; i. e. to say the 1st is also numbered as 89; unnumbered sides are mostly decorated with one circular disc in the centre, the numbered with two more, one in each margin; even these are embordered at times; yellow pigment used; red chalk, too; condition very good; complete; extent 5200 slokas. Age. Samvat 1557 or at least not earlier. Subject.
This third upanga deals with the fundamental principles of Jainism. It furnishes us with details about the animate and inanimate objects.
Begins. -- fol. rb नमो जिनागमाय । नमो उसभादियाणं । चउवीसाए तित्थगराणं । इह खल जिणमयं जिणाणुलोमं (गं)। जिणप्पणीयं जिणप्परूवियं । etc.
Ends. -- fol. 134° अपढमदेवो असंखेज्जगुणा । अपढमसिद्धा अनंतगुणा । अपढमतिरिक्ख अनंतगुणा सेयं दसावहा जीवापन्नत्ता । से तं सव्वजीवाजीवाभिगमसूत्रं सम्मत्तं ॥ छ ॥ श्लोकग्रंथाग्रं ॥ ५२०० ॥ शुभं भवतु ॥ छः ॥ श्रीः ॥ This is followed by the following lines in a small hand :