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Jaina Literature and Philosphy
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Ends.-fol. 42 तिक्खत्तो आयाहिण(णं) पयाडिणं करेइ करित्ता वंदइनमंसह वंदित्ता
नमंसित्ता एवं वदासि इच्छामिण भंते तुभं(भं) अंतियं चाउज्जामातो धम्मातो पंच(म)महत्वइयं सपडिक्कमणं ॥ ग्रंथा २२०० धम्म उवसंपज्जित्ता णं विहरित्तए। अहासहं देवाणुप्पिया मा पडिबंध करेहि। तते(ए) णंस (से) उदये पेढालपुसमणस्स भगवतो महावीरस्स अंतिए चाउज्जामातो धम्मातो पंच
महव्वतियं धम्म उवसंपज्जित्ता णं विहरति ति (त्ति) ॥छ । बेमि नालंदियज्जं सम्मत्तं ॥ सम्मत्ता मज्जू(ज्झ)यणा सम्मत्तो सूयगडबीयसुयकखंधो ॥ छ । संमत्तं बीयं सूयगडं अंगं
पद्मोपमं पत्रपरंपरान्वितं
वर्णोज्ज्वलं सूक्तमरंदसुंदरं । मुमुक्षुभंगप्रकरस्य वल्लभं जीयाच्चिरं मूत्रकृतांगपुस्तकं ॥११॥
॥छ॥ Reference.- This work is published in the Bombay edition of A.D.
1881, wherein we find the Bālāvabodha of Pārśvacandra Sūri, the dipikā of Harşakula, the tīkā of Silānka Sūri and a preface and an index in Gujarāti by Bhīmasiñha Māneka. The text together with Bhadrabāhusvāmin's niryukti and Silānka's commentary is also published in the Agamodaya Samiti Series, in A. D. 1917. The English translation of the text along with an index of names and subjects and that of Sanskrit and Prākrit words, compiled by H. Jacobi is published in “Sacred Books of the East ” vol. XLV, in A. D. 1895. For the analysis of the text see Rajendralala Mitra's notices of Sanskrit Mss. vol. VII, pp. 120-122 published in A. D. 1885. For contents etc., see Weber II, p. 370 ff; and Indian Antiquary vol. XVII, p. 344 ft. For the discussion of Vaitāliya metre see H. Jacobi's article viz., “Ueber die Entwicklung d. indischen Metrik in nachvedischer Zeit” published in zeitschift der deutschen morgenländischen Geseuschaft3 vol. XXXVIII, pp. 590-619. In this article the Aryā metre of Acārāngasūtra is also dealt with. For references from Sūtrakrtānga see F.O. Schrader's “ Über
den stand der indischen Philosophie zur Zeit Mahāvīras und 1-2. In P. L. Vaidya's edition of the text together with the niryukti published
in Arhatamataprabhākara Series as No. 5, Poona, 1928, we come across
some variants. 3. This work is hereafter referred to as Z. D. M. G.