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526
Jaina Literature and Philosophy
(1156.
पाक्षिकसूत्रवृत्ति
Pākşikasūtravrtti
No. 1156
1283 1891-95.
Size.—144 in. by rg in. Extent. 259-2=257 leaves ; 3 to 4 lines to a leaf ; 44 letters to a
line. Description.-- Palm-leaf durable and greyish; Jaina Devanāgari
characters with SAETTS; big, legible, uniform and good hand-writing ; this Ms. presents an appearance of the work having been written in two separate columns; but, really speaking, it is not so; for, the lines of the first column extend to the second ; borders of each of the columns ruled in four lines in black ink; red chalk used ; leaves numbered in both the margins; in the right-hand one as 8,4, etc. and in the left-hand one as e etc.; the first two leaves missing; the leaf placed before the fourth is taken here to be the third ; but since the marginal portions etc. are worn out, it is difficult to ascertain its real number; almost half the part of several leaves worn out; condition unsatisfactory; leat 2596 blank ; leaves 1276 and 128* illegible, ink having faded ; an extra blank leaf at the end; a hole almost in the centre of each leaf through which a red string passes ; leaves are placed between two
wooden boards. Age.-- Samvat 1275. Begins.--leaf 3b (?) tarta TOTENT FIHURTA Per I 349 ATAT Tat: ay halat
sorat a gli AT.......good etfa şi abia for etc. Ends.-leaf 258 एवं च पडिक्कमण etc. up to विवृतं तथापि as in No. 1151. This is followed by the lines as under :
पञ्चेहं किंचिदितथं निबद्ध
तत्रास्तु मिथ्या मम हुम्लतं हि ॥ ७॥ 'अणहिलपाटक नगरे सौवर्णिणकनोमिचंद्रसत्कायं( यां) परपौषधशालायां राज्ये जयसिंहभूपस्य ॥८॥
