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144
षडावश्यक सूत्र
No. 731
Jaina Literature and Philosophy
Size. 7 in. by 6 in.
Extent. 17 folios; 13 lines to a page; 17 letters to a line.
Description.
Age. Samvat 1946.
Author.
Foreign paper with an elephant-brand as the watermark; Jaina Devanagari characters; quite bold, big, legible and good hand-writing; borders ruled in three lines in red ink, whereas edges singly; numbers for foll. entered twice as usual; foll. 1a and 17 blank; complete; the ending portion includes Snätasyastuti, too, which is also treated as a separate work in some Mss.; condition very good.
Sa dāvaśyakasutra
1131.
1891-95.
[ 731.
More than one Jaina saint. For instance, it is said that Snātasyastuti is a composition of Balacandra, a pupil of Kalikālasarvajña Hemacandra Sūri.
Begins.— fol. rb ॐ नमः | श्रीगोडिपार्श्वजिनाय नमः ।
Subject. This work mostly in Prakrit consists of sutras some of which are not to be found in the previous work', and thus it differs from it.
Ends. fol. 16a
नमो अरिहंताणं । नमो सिद्धाणं । नमो आयरियाणं । नमो उवज्झायाणं । नमो लोए सव्व साहूणं ।
एसो पंचनमुक्कारों (रो) सव्वपावप्पणासण ( णो ) ।
मंगलाणं च सव्वेसं (सिं) पढमं हवई (इ) मंगलं ॥ ई (इ)छा (च्छा) मिखमासमणो' etc.
इच्चाय (? इ) महासईओ जयंतु अकलंकसीलकलिआओ ।
अज्ज विवज्जर (इ) जासिं जस पढ (ड) ओ (हो) तिऊ (हु) अणे सयले । इति श्रीस्वाध्याय (ः) ।
I For instance, the last sutras viz. Bharahesarasajjhaya ( styled as Silavadādiguḥasmaraṇasutra in Saḍāvasyakasūtrāņi) and Snätasyästuti are not there....
2 This sutra is usually known as Praṇipātasūtra. In the contents of "Sadavasyakasútraņi ", it is styled as "Sthobhavandanasutra" and "Khamasamaņa" as well.
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