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1116] The Digambara Works
299 दर्शमरलरत्नाकर
Darsanaratnaratnākara (आदिनाथचरित्र)
(Adinathacaritra)
1167 . No. 1176 (=272c)
1887-91 Size — 102 in. by 44 in. Extent - 415-81 = 334 folios; 15 lines to a page; 48 letters to a
line. Description - Country paper thin and white; Jaina Devanāgari
characters with occasional yaars; small, clear and very fair hand-writing; borders ruled in two lines in black ink; red chalk used; fol. 1a blank, foll. 2, 104, 127, 132, 261 to 263, 266 to 271, 280, 288 to 292, 311-335, 337 to 342, 347 to 354, 357, 358, 362, 363, 370 to 374 and 378 to 391 missing; so incomplete; composed in Samvat 1570 in Sanskrit; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; in all Four Labaris (parts); Granthagra 18000 (of complete work). 1st Part contains 5 chapters (Taramgas ) 2nd
3 , ( . ) 3rd 4th
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( , ) Age-Samvat 1657. Author-Indrasara, pupil of Indranandisüri, pupil of Somajaya
___Suri.
Subject — Life of Lord Rşabha. The chapters and the parts are named
as Taramgas and Laharls so as to suit the metaphorical title
of the work. Begins - fol. 10॥ॐ॥
ॐ नमः परमब्रह्मणे परमध्येयाय । परमब्रह्मरूपाय जगत्पूज्याय तायिने । यथार्थदर्शिने भूयानमः श्रीपरमेष्टिने ॥१॥
अथातः सकलभन्यजनमनःप्रमोदमेदुरताविधानसावधानां कायिकवाधिकमानसिककर्मकदंबक बहुलभवोपार्जितशुभेतरकर्मकलापमहामहीरुहसमूलनिर्मूलनप्रथमप्रावृषेण्यसजलजलधरवृष्टिप्रकृष्टवृद्धिप्रापितबकुलसलिलसमूहतारकजनदुराकलनीयशैवलिनीमहाप्रवाहप्रतिमितिधारिणी श्रीमधुगादिदेवदेवस्य स्वरूप. मानवर्णनेन चरित्रकथा वर्णयिष्ये । etc.