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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[645.
उत्तराध्ययनसूत्र
Uttarādhyayanasūtra
No. 645
1880-81.
Size.— 145 in. by i} in. Extent. — 175 - 10 = 165 leaves ; 3 to 5 lines to a leaf ; 45 to 55
letters to a line. Description.— Palm-leat; Jaina Devanāgari characters with Arats;
quite bold, big, uniform, legible and very beautiful handwriting; this Ms. presents an appearance of the work having been written into two separate columns; but, really it is not so, since iines of the first column extend to the second ; borders of each of the columns ruled in three lines in black ink; numbers for leaves written in different margins but on one and the same side of the leaf; in the right-hand margin, as 3, R etc., as usual in numerical characters, whereas in the left-hand one, in letter numerals such as far ifa
etc. ; red chalk used; unnumbered sides decorated with a small disc in red colour in the centre; the numbered, in each of the two margins, too ; leaves 73 to 83 partly worm-eaten; the body of the leaves 174 and 175 partly worn out; edges of almost all leaves worn out to a smaller or greater extent; condition on the whole very fair ; leaves placed between two wooden boards; the Ms. well-preserved in the card-board box lined with oil cloth; extent 2300 ślokas; leaves 127 to 136
missing ; otherwise complete. Age.- Samvat 1332. Begins.-- leaf 1ba011
TOTT FEC etc., as in No. 644. Ends:-- leaf 175
ई(इ)ई(इ) पाउकरे बुद्धे नायए परिनिए । छ(त्ती )सं उत्तरज्झाए भवसिद्धीय संवुडे
त्ति बेमि ॥ २६६
