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VI. 12 Upangas
THE SIXTH UPĀNGA
जम्बूद्वीपप्रज्ञत्ति (जंबुद्दीवपण्णत्ति)
Jambūdvīpaprajñapti (Jambuddivapannatti)
No. 236
190. 1871-72.
Size.— 104 in. by 44 in. Extent. — 158 folios; 11 lines to a page; 40 letters to a line. Description.-Country paper, somewhat thin and white; Devanāgari
characters with पृष्ठमात्राs; bold, big, legible, uniform and elegant hand-writing ; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; fol. I blank; red chalk used; some of the foll. have marginal notes in Gujarāti; white pigment used; a strip of paper pasted to foll. 2 to 5, 91 to 97, 108, 109, 121 to 129 and 148; foll. 75 to 78, 110 to 123 and 136 to 156 slightly worm-eaten; edges of fol. 158th a little bit worn out;
condition tolerably good; complete; extent 4458 Slokas. Age. — Fairly old. Subject. — It forms the sixth upanga and supplies. us with infor
mation in details about Jambūdvipa. In short it is a treatise
on Jaina cosmology. Begins.-fol. I' नमः श्रीसर्वज्ञाय ।। णमो अरिहंताणं ।
तेणं कालेणं तेणं समएणं मिहिला जाम णगरी होत्था । रित्थि
मियसामद्धा etc. Ends.-fol. I58 बहूणं देवाणं बहूणं देवीण मज्झगति(ते)एवमाइक्खति एवं भासति
एवं पण्णधेइ एवं परूवेद जंबुद्दीवे(व)पण्णत्ती नाम (त्ति) अज्झो (झोयणे अहं च हेच पसिणं च । कारणं च वाक(ग)रणं च भुज्जो २उवदंसह त्ति बेमि जंबहीवपण्णत्ती समत्ता[:]॥ ग्रंथानं. ४४५८॥ शुभं भवतु ॥
कल्याणमस्तु:]॥ श्री श्री श्री॥ Reference. - Published with Santicandra Gani's commentary in the
D. L. J. P. F. Series in two parts in the same year ( A. D. 1920). For contents etc., see Weber II, p. 579, Indian Antiquary vol. XXI, 17 and “ Studi italiani di Filologia indo
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बहीवपणश्री श्रीandra Ganthe same yasian Anti