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II. 10 Prakirṇakas
THE SECOND PRAKĪRNAKA
आतुरप्रत्याख्यान ( आउरपच्चक्खाण )
No. 285
Extent. fol. 3b to fol. 6a.
Description.- Complete; 84 verses in all. For further details see No. 270.
Author.- Virabhadra Sūri. See No. 291.
Aturapratyakhyāna (Aurapaccakkhāņa)
1358 (b).
273
1891-95.
Subject. This is one of the ten important prakīrņakas mostly composed in verses in Prakrit. After the 10th verse, there is a Prakrit passage in prose which is followed by verses as before. This prakīrņaka which is also styled as Bṛhadaturapratyakhyāna' deals with various types of death, and indicates the stages arrived at by these types, pointing out means leading to them.
Begins. fol. 3 fare etc.
Ends. fol. 64 धीरो जरमरणविऊ etc., up to सन्नदुरियाणं ॥ पच (च) क्खाणं सम्मत्तं ॥ छ ॥
1.
See No. 287.
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Reference. Published by Rai Dhanapatisinh Bahadur in A. D. 1866 at Calcutta, along with nine other Prakirņakas, this See No. work forming the 6th number in the lot of ten. 266. It is also published with chaya by the Agamodaya Samiti,in its series as No. 46. For contents etc., see Weber II, p. 612 and Indian Antiquary vol. XXI, p. 110. For an additional Ms. see B. B. R. A. S. vols. III-IV, p. 382..
There is another work of this name, but as it seems to have only one verse in common with the present work, it is not incorporated here; it is however mentioned under
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supernumery prakīrņakas", since it is styled as prakīrņaka in one of the Mss.