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III.4 Malasutras
361
षडावश्यकसूत्र -
Şaļāvasyakasūtra बालावबोधसहित
with bālāvabodha No. 995
254.
1871-72. Size.-10 in. by 4 in. Extent.-54 folios ; 14 lines to a page ; 42 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper tough and white; Devanagari cha
racters; big, legible and good hand-writing, borders ruled in three lines and edges in one, in red ink ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin only ; fol. 1 blank; this Ms. contains the text as well as its explanation in Gujarāti; the text almost complete so far as it goes ; condi
tion very good ; the text at times written in a bigger hand. Age.- Not quite modern. Author of the balavabodha.- Not mentioned. Subject.- This Ms. contains various sūtras beginning with Nava
kāra and ending with Saṁsāradāvānalastuti and Jāvanti
ceiyāim. These sūtras are explained in Gujarāti. Begins.- (text ) fol. 1° ५ ६0 ॥ श्रीपार्श्वनाथो विजयते ।।
__ नमो अरिहंताणं etc. ,, - ( balan ) fol. ॥ ६॥ ॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः श्रीगुरुभ्यो नमः ॥ etc. Ends.- (text) fol. 540
जावंति चेइआई उड्डे अ अहे अतिरिअलोए अ
सव्वाइं ताई वंदे इअ संतो तत्थ संताई१ , -( balan ) fol. 54° ऊर्ध्व लोकने विषे अधो लोकने विषे तिरिअ लोकनें विर्षे
पुन अर्थे ते सर्व जिनबिंब प्रतई भावसहित वादउं हुई इहां रह्यो थको तिहां जे स्थानक आगलि कहीस्य तिहां रह्या जे चैत्य शास्वतां अशाश्वतां तेह
प्रतें वांदर Reference.-- For a Ms. having the text containing some of the
sütras above noted and a bālāvabodha in bhäsă see Keith's Catalogue No. 7495.
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