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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[ 235.
not possible to note its beginning etc., moreover, leaves seem to be in disorder; on leaf numbered as we find the line ला } as under :
प्रश्नसूत्रमाह । ता उत्तराहिं इत्यादि । ता इति पूर्ववत् । उत्तरस्यां... condition very poor; the Ms. is placed between two durable and thick wooden planks.
Age. Samvat 1389. This is what is written on a wooden plank and also in the printed catalogue for 1881-82.
Author.- Malayagiri Sūri.
Subject. A Sanskrit commentary to Suryaprajñapti in Prakrit. Reference. Published. See No. 234. For Lord Mahāvīra's description etc, see A. Weber's Über ein Fragment der Bhagavati (Zweiter Theil, 1867, appendix I). For grammar see "The Prakrita-Lakshanam or Chanda's Grammar of the Ancient (Arsha) Prakrit" edited by R. Hoernle, pt. I, Bibliotheca Indica, Calcutta, 1880.