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1. 4 Malasatrast
Ends. fol. 286
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ते पिज्जदोसाणुगया परन्मा। एय(ए) अहम्मु त्ति दुगंछमाणो । कंखे गुणे जाव सरीरभेड
afH 33 .
STEGT (Egnateurera argeti Reference.- For description of an additional Ms. having this
adhyayana see Keith's Catalogue No. 7492. N. B.- For further particulars see No. 644.
नमिप्रव्रज्याध्ययन
Namipravrajyādhyayana (नमिपव्वजज्झयण)
(Namipavvajjajshayana )
579 (c). No. 651
1895-98. Extent.- fol. 12. Description.- Incomplete as it contains 9 verses and a part of the
Toth. All of them belong to the ninth adhyayana and are the opening verses of the same. For other details see No. 423 (D. C. J. M. vol. XVII, pt. I, p. 380 ) where this
work is styled as Navasloki through oversight. Subject.-The ninth chapter deals with the life of king Nami. Char
pentier observes that it belongs to a vast cycle of legends concerning the four pratyekabuddhas, the four kingly saints very famous amongst the Jainas and the Bauddhas, and to some degree known even to the Vaidika Brahmaņas.' He looks upon this chapter as a legendary one.
1 See p. 44 of his introduction. . 2 Chapters XII-XIV, XVIII-XXIII and XXV are placed in the same category by him. Ibid., p. 44