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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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प्रद्युम्नचरित्र
Pradyumnacaritra
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141. No. 402
1866-68. Size.— 104 in. by 44 in. Extent.- 93 folios ; 17 lines to a page ; 38 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper rough and white ; Devanāgari chara
cters with occasional पृष्ठमात्राs; bold, big, legible, fat and very good hand-writing ; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; red chalk and yellow pigment used; fol. 1* blank ; the preceding two foll. completely blank ; they bear the stamp " Elphinstan College Library, Bombay": numbers for foll. entered twice as usual ; several foll. worm-eaten ; otherwise condition tolerably good; complete ; composed
in Samvat 1674 in I7 cantos at Surat. Age.- Samvat 1674. Author.- Ratnacandra Gani, pupil of Santicandra Gani of the
Tapă gaccha. For his additional works see “ A History of the Sanskrit Literature of the Jainas" (Vol. II, Part I,
Pp. 99-101). Subject.- Life of Pradyumna, son of Lord Krsna. For details see
HSLJ (Vol. II, Pt. I, pp. 99-101).
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Begins.- fol. 1 ॥६॥ पं०श्रीपश्रीधनहर्षगणिगुरुभ्यो नमः ॥
राज्यलक्ष्मीायलक्ष्मीर्धर्मलक्ष्मीश्च निस्समा । येनोपदिष्टा लोकानां स जीयाद् वृषभः प्रभुः ॥ १॥ etc. एतान् श्रीमजिनान् नत्वा स्मृत्वा च श्रुतदेवतां ।
प्रद्युम्नचरितं वच्मि यथामति यथाश्रुतं ॥ ६ ॥ etc. - fol. 4. इति महोपाध्यायश्रीशांतिचंद्रगणिशिष्यश्रीरत्नचंद्रमणिविरहिते
प्रद्युम्नचरिते महाकाव्ये प्रद्युम्नचरित्रोत्पत्तिश्रीकृष्णद्वारकास्थापनश्रीकृष्णराज्यप्राप्तिनारदागमनवर्णनो नाम प्रथमः सर्गः संपूर्णः ॥१॥
