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चैत्यवन्दनमाष्य'
Caityavandanabhāşya (aperçuHTE)
(Ceiyavandaṇabhāsa ) No. 1219
52 (a).
1870-71. Size.— 104 in. by 41 in. Extent.- 11+1=12 folios; 9 lines to a page ; 26 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thin, rough and white; Jaina Deva
nāgari characters; very big, legible, uniform and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in three lines in red ink ; yellow pigment used; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin only ; fol. 8th repeated; fol. 116blank ; fol. 1 partly worn out; condition otherwise good ; complete; this Ms. contains in addition the following works :
(1) 47275176q? foll. sa to 8b.
(2) Trure , 8b , Ir', Age.-- Not modern. Author.- Devendra Sūri, gury of Dharmaghoşa Súri. For further
details see D. C. J. M. (vol. XVII, pt. 3, pp. 335-336). Subject.- A metrical composition in Prākrit dealing with rules
and regulations pertaining to the salutation to idols of Tirthamkaras. This work is based upon several vittis
(vsttis ), bhāsas ( bhāșyas ) and cuņņis (cūrņis). Vide v. 1. Begins.- fol. 18
(f iqfort Freh etc. as in No. 1222. Ends.- fol. sa
Fontaneros etc. up to 3 as in No. 1222. Then we have :
इति चैत्यवंदनभाष्यं समाप्तं ॥ Reference.- Published along with Gujarāti translation by Bhima
simha Māņaka in his Pratikramaņasūtra (pp. 384-431 ) and 1 This work is sometimes styled as Devavandanabhāşya. 2 This is styled as Guruvandanabhăşya, too, 9 I. L. P. ]
