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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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Description.- Country paper very thin and greyish; Devanagari
characters with occasional TTTTS ; clear and good handwriting ; this Ms. contains both the text and the commentary ; lines of the commentary indiscernible at times; this is a raret Ms. as usual ; borders ruled in three lines in red ink; red chalk used ; edges of the foll. somewhat worn out; condition good; hand-writing of the commentary very small; 81 verses; complete; at the end of the commentary called avacūri and avacūrņi as well, it is stated that the author is Virabhadra, pupil of Mahendrasūri, pupil of Dharmaghoşa Sari; but it seems that through oversight
Virabhadra is mentioned for Bhuvanatunga. Age.- Fairly old. Author of avacūrņi.- Virabhadra ( ? Bhuvanatunga ) Sūri. Subject. The text together with a small commentary in Sanskrit
___explaining it. Begins.- (text) fol. I देसिक्कदेसविरओ सम्माही मरिज्ज जो जीवो ।
तं होइ बालपंडिअमरणं जिणसासणे भणियं ॥१॥ etc. ,,, ~~( com. ) fol. I अथातुरप्रत्याख्यानावचूरिर्लिख्यते । इह सर्वेषां
जीवानां नवहस्तकुंतस्याग्रस्येव सकलायुषोऽत्यावस्थाराधनस्यैव सार
त्वात् । etc. Ends.---(text) fol. 4b धारो जरमरणविऊ धीरो विन्नाणनाणसंपन्नो।
लोगु(ग)स्सुज्जोअगरो दिसउ खयं सव्वदुक्खाणं ॥८१॥
इत्यातुरप्रत्याख्यानं परिपूर्ण ॥ शुभं भवतु , -(com.) fol. 4b इदं विशेष्यपदं । विशेषानि विशेषणानि तथैव । अस्मिन्
पाठे शास्त्रकाराभिधानमपि गुप्तं ज्ञातव्यं यतोऽस्यापि प्रकीर्णकस्य वीरभद्र एव साधुः कर्ता श्रूयते भक्तपरिज्ञाया तत्कृताया भत्राध्ययनेऽतिदेशकरणादपि ज्ञायते अस्यापि स एव कर्तेति ॥ ८४ ॥
इति धर्मघोषसरिशिष्यश्रीमहेंद्रसूरिशिष्यश्रीवरिभद्रसूरिविरचिता(55)तुरप्रत्याख्यानावचूर्णि(ः) समाप्ता वैशाखवदि पंचम्यां भूलार्केऽलेखि
समयरत्नगणिना मध्ये सुरकुलपाटकं ॥ शुभं भवतु ॥ Reference.-- See No. 285.
