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Jaina Literature and Philosophy [216.
Prajñapanāsūtra
प्रज्ञापनासूत्र
No. 216
763. 1899-1915.
Size.— 101 in. by 44 in. Extent. — 233 folios ; 13 lines to a page ; 38 letters to a line.
Description.- Country paper, thin, rough and grey; Devanagari
characters with frequent पृष्ठमात्राs; big, clear and good hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink, space between the pairs coloured red; red chalk and white pigment used; foll. numbered in the right hand margin only; fol. 1* decorated with a design in red colour; the unnumbered sides have one disc in red colour in the centre only; the numbered, in the margins, too; several foll. more or less worm-eaten ; edges of the first and last few foll. slightly worn out; condition very fair; complete; extent 7787 ślokas.
Age.-- Samvat 1581. Begins.-lol. Ib नमो मुयदेवयाए ॥
नमो अरिहंताणं etc.
Ends.-fol. 2334 जातिजरामरण etc., up to गणनया as in No. 214
followed by अनुष्टुपछंदसां मानमिदं॥छ॥ ग्रंथानं ७७८७॥छ॥श्री॥ संवत् १५८१ वर्षे ज्येष्ट(ट)वदि ११ शुक्रे लिखितम् ॥ छ ॥ श्रीः ॥छ । श्रीरस्तु ॥ संवत् १५८१ वर्षे श्री खरतर गच्छे । श्रीजिनहंससूरिविजय(यि)राज्ये। गंगाजलपवित्रे 'वरहडीयागोत्रे श्री'सातलमेरुवासि पुण्याभासि साहसेषापुत्ररत्नसाहरेक्खा सुश्रावकेण पुत्रसा० आंबा सा. श्रीवंत सा.
आंबापुत्रईसर । षेतसीप्रमुखपरिवारसश्रीकेण श्रीप्रज्ञापनोपांगं लेखितं । श्रीधवलचंद्रमहोपाध्यायशिष्यपंगजसारगणीनामुद्यमेन ॥ वाच्यमानं चिरं
नंदतु ॥श्री॥ N. B.- For additional particulars see No. 214.
