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IV. 6 Chedasutras
Description. - Country paper neither very thick nor very thin and
grey; Jaina Devanagari characters with पृष्ठमात्रा; bold, legible, uniform, big and beautiful hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; red chalk and yellow pigment used; condition:very good; this Ms. contains both the text and the commentary; it is a fêtreî Ms; so, as usual the text occupies the central place and is comparatively written in a bigger hand ; both complete, the extent of the text being 1216 ślokas and that of commentary 2200 (?) ślokas ; the text is divided into 3 vācyas as under:-- (I) जिनचरित
foll. b to 62b ( 2 ) स्थविरावली
,, 62' ,, 68 (3) सामाचारी
,, 68° , 80'. Age.- Old. Author of the commentary.- Jinaprabha Suril (c. Samvat 1365). Subject.- The text is as usual. The commentary deals mostly with
difficult portions. It is only a giat of Kalpasūtra. Begins.- (text) fol. 1° ५ ६0 ॥ श्रीसव(4)ज्ञ
नमो अरिहंताणं etc., as in No. 496. , --- (com.) fol. I ॥ ६॥ अर्ह ।
ध्यात्वा श्रीश्रुतदेवीं पर्युषणाकल्पदुर्गपदविवृतिः(तिः)। स्वपरानुग्रहहेतोः किंचिदियं लिख्यते मयका ॥१॥ हृदयानि सहृदयाना(नां) पर्युषणाकल्पगोचरा मुचिरं । रंजयतु पांजकेयं संदेहविषौषधी नाम ॥२॥
पर्युषणाकल्पस्य चादौ केषुचिदादर्शेषु मंगलार्थ पंचनमस्कारो दृश्यते । सर्व(च) सुबोध एव । अत्र चाध्ययने त्रयं वाच्यं । जिनानां चरितानि स्थबिरावली पर्युषणासामाचारी च (1) तत्रापि वर्तमान(न)तीर्थाधिपतित्वेनासन्नोपकारित्वात् प्रथमं श्रीवर्द्धमानस्वामिनश्चरितमाहु(:) श्रीभद्रबाहुपादाः । तेणं कालेणमित्यादि ॥ ते इति प्राकृतशैलीवशात् तस्मिन् काले - वर्तमानावसर्पिण्याश्चतुरिकलक्षणे एवं तस्मिन् समये etc..
I For a list of his works etc., see my edition of Caturvimsati-JinānandaStutis (pp. 40-45) published with Gujarati translation etc., in Agamodaya Samiti Series as No. 59.
