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The Digambara Workš
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Subject - A narrative pertaining to Candanaşastikā though concluding
verses resemble with the next entry and differ with the
last one. Begins - fol. 31a
प्रभाचंद्र पूज्यपादं । श्रीविद्यानिनंजिनं
समंतभद्रं संस्मृत्य । वक्ष्ये चंदनषष्टिकां ॥१॥ etc. Ends-fol. 356
स्वस्ति श्रीमूलसंघे । भवदमरनुतः । पद्मनंदी मुनींद्रः शिष्यो देवेंद्रकीर्तिर्लसदमलतपा भरिभद्वारकेज्यः श्रीविद्यानंदिदेवस्तदनु मानुजराच्यापत्पद्मयुग्मस्तछिष्येणारचींदं श्रुतजलनिधिना शास्त्रमानंदहेतुः ॥४५॥ स्वल्पमपि शास्त्रमतच्छब्दार्थविचित्रभावरचिततया -- उल्लोल इव महाब्धेर्मलमंतर्जातमनयति ॥ २४६॥ इति ब्रह्मश्रुतसागरविरचिता चंदनषष्टीकथा समाप्त ॥
चंदनाचरित्र
Candanācaritra
580 No. 936
1875-76 Size - 104 in. by 4g in. Extent – 44 folios; 8 lines to a page; 26 letters to a line. Description-Country paper thick, rough, tough and white; Jaina
Devanagari characters; very big, quite legible, uniform and beautiful band-writing; borders ruled in two lines and edges in one in red ink; the 1st line, numbers for the verses and their dandas written in red ink; foll. numbered in both the margins%3; fol. 1a blank; in the left-hand margin the title is written as चन्दनाचरित्र: yellow pigment used while making corrections; condition very good; complete; the entire work is
divided into five parvans. Author -- Bhattāraka Subhacandra disciple of Vijayakīrtti. Age-1832. Subject - Life-story of Candanā ( Candanabalā ).