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श्रमणोपासकप्रतिक्रमणसूत्र अर्थदीपिकासहित
Jaina Literatürite and Philosophy [ 926.
Sramaṇopāsakapratikramanasūtra with Arathadipikā
No. 926
1213 1887-91.
Size.— 104 in. by 48 in. Extent.-- 244 folios ; II lines to a page ; 42 letters to a line.
Description.--- Country paper thin, rough and white; Jaina Deva
någari characters with FRETS ; big, legible and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in four lines in black ink ; red chalk rarely used; yellow pigment rather profusely ; foll. numbered in both the margins ; foll. ra and 244" practically blank, except that the title etc., written thereon ; edges of the first fol. and those of the last slightly worn out; condition on the whole good; both the text and the commentary complete ; the latter composed in Samvat 1496;
its extent 6644 ślokas. Age.-- Pretty old.
Author of the commentary.- Ratnasekhara Súri, pupil of Bhuvana
sundara Sūri, pupil of Somasundara Süri. He should not be confounded with the author of Sirisirivālakahā.
Our Ratnasekhara Sūri is an author of Sraddhavidhiprakaraṇavștti, Arthakaumudi and Vidhikaumudi referred to, on pp. 5o, 1885 and 2039 of the edition containing Arthadipika.
Subject.— A religious sůtra pertaining to the pratikramaņakriya
of śravakas along with its explanation (vștti)' in Sanskrit. This explanation is called Arathadipikā. Therein the text is styled as Gțhipratikramaņasútra, in the beginning and as Pratikramaņasútra, Śrāvakapratikramaņasūtra and Sraddhapratikramaņasútra in the end.
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This is styled as tikā, too.