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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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writing ; borders ruled in four lines in red ink; foll. ra and 54b blank ; edges of the first fol. slightly worn out ; condition fair; yellow pigment used; both the text and the tabba complete; the former written in Prakrit and the latter in Gujarati.
Subject.– Life of Bharata. It starts with the beginning of the 3rd vakşaskāra ( sūtra 41 ) and ends with sūtra 70 (p. 378b of the printed edition ).
Age.- Not quite modern.
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Begins.—(text) fol. 1 श्रीवत्रा (तरा ) गाय नमः ॥ श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
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एवं वुञ्चति । भरहे वासे २ गोयमा भरहेणं वासे वेयदृ ( ? ढ)स्स पव्वयस्स दाहिणेणं चोद्दसुत्तरं जोयणसयएक्कारस एगमूणूवी सतिभागे जोयणस्स अबाधाए गंगाए महानदीए पच्चत्थिमेणं etc.
- (com.) इम कहिउं । भरतषेत्रइ । गौतम भरतषेत्रइ । वैताढ्य पर्वत थकी दष्णइ एकसु चउदसुत्तर जोयन उगणीस भाग योजननी आबाधाई etc.
Ends.- (text) fol. 54 खीणे वेयाणिज्जे आउए णामे गोए कालगए वीकंते समु ज्जाए छिणे जाइजरामरणबंधणे सिद्धे बुद्धे मुत्ति (त्ते) परिनिबूडे अंतगडे सव्वदुक्खपणे ॥ छ ॥ इति भरहचरितं ॥ छ ॥ ल. ऋ. जयराज आत्मार्थ ॥
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- ( com.) fol. 5; क्षय गयउ वेदनी कर्म आयु नाम गोत्र कालगत हूवा तिहां छेदी जाति जरा मरण बंधन साधी बुझ्या मकाणां संसारथी पार पाम्या अंत कीधरं । सर्व दुषथी मुकाणा पार पाम्या । इति भरत चरित्रं संपूर्ण लषतं ऋ० जयराज आत्मा अर्थ ॥
भरतचरित्र टब्बासहित
No. 245
Bharatacaritra with tabba 604. 1895-98.
Size.— rog in. by 4g in.
Extent.- 4 folios; 6 lines to a page ; 40 letters to a line. Description.
Country paper thick, tough and white; Devanagari characters with TTS; this Ms. contains the text in Prakrit and its interlinear tabba in Gujarati; foll. numbered in both the margins; complete ; fol. 4th slightly torn ; conditiongood ; this is the same work as No. 243 with a line or so more in the beginning. It, too, commences on p. 2704 of the printed edition.
Age.—– Pretty old.
