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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[461,
महानिशीथसूत्र
Mahānisīthasūtra टब्बासहित
with tabbā No. 461
1308.
1886-92. Size.— 108 in. by 48 in. Extent.— 268 folios ; 6 lines to a page ; 40 letters to a line. Description.-Country paper rough and white; Devanagari charac
ters; big, clear and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in two lines and edges in one, in red ink; white paste used; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin only; this Ms. contains at times the tabbā; e. g. on pp. I to 12, SI to II3 etc.; fol. 210th numbered as 20103; foll. Ist and 267th slightly torn; condition on the whole good; complete; red chalk used rarely; while marking the end of the 2nd adhyayana
named as कम्मविवागरण; extent 4544 Slokas. Age.- Not quite modern. Subject.--- The text with its explanation in Gujarati. Begins.- ( text ) fol. I" ॥६॥ ॐ नमो तित्थस्स । ॐ नमो अरहंताणं etc., as . . in No. 457. .,, - (tabba),, ,, पंचपरमेष्टि(ष्टि)रूप मंत्र छै रक्षा करो न० नमस्कार
हुवो ति तीर्थ नै वा त्रिकालवर्ति जिननै etc. Ends.-- fol. 267* अत्थेगे जेणं णो अइरेण etc., practically up to महानि
साहमि पाएणं(1) ग्रंथानं ४५४४ as in No. 457 followed by इति ज्ञेयं महानिसीहसूत्रं संपूर्णः छः लीषतं गोकलसु(सु)दर दादाजीरी धरमसाल
मे अंमं ]नगरे वाचनार्थ , -(rabba ) fol. II3 एतले प्रकारे गुरुने गुणे करी सहित ते गुरुने
जाणवो etc. N. B.- For other details see No. 457.
