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IV. 6 Chedasairas
their descriptions see B. B. R. A. S. vols. III-IV, p. 395 and G. O. Series vol. XXI, p. 30.
There are two Mss. of this work in the Limbdi Jaina Jñanabhaņdāra. See its Catalogue (No. 1851. .
बृहत्कल्पसूत्र
Brhatkalpasūtra No, 569
128.
1872-73. Size.- 32 in. by 24 in. Extent.-- 2 + 9 + 1 = 12 leaves ; 6 to 7 lines to a leaf ; 142 to
150 letters to a line.
Description.-Palm-leaf durable and greyishi; Jaina Devanagari cha
racters with TEATATS; big, legible and good hand-writing; this Ms. presents an appearance of the work having been written in three separate colums, and so far as the first leaf is concerned in four ; but, really it is not so, since the lines of the ist column are continued in the rest ; leaves numbered in both the margins; in the right-hand one as %, 2, etc., and in the left-hand one as f ita, eft etc.;
red chalk used ; leaves slightly worm-eaten ; condition tolerably good ; leaf 1* blank; leaf gth repeated ; its 94 and leaf 104 are blank; some portion from the end is repeated on leaf 9b; complete ; this work is divided into six uddeśakas as under :-- Uddesaka
leaves 16 to 26 » 2b , 36
36 »:5* IV V
1
11.
III
VI
I For variants of these and other letter-numerals see Appendix IV.