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The svetāmbara Narratives Extent. — 10 folios ; 13 lines to a page ; 38 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thin, rough and white; Jaina Deva
nagari characters; sufficiently big, quite. legible, uniform and very good hand-writing ; borders ruled indifferently in three lines in black ink ; red chalk used; foll. numbered 5 in the right-hand margins ; fol. 10b blank; edges of a few foll. partly gone ; condition on the whole good;
complete; composed in Sanvat 1672 at Medata. Age. - Saṁvat 1:04. Author.- Upādhyāya Samayasundara. For his additional works etc. 10
see Vol. XVII, pt. 2, No. 520; Vol. XVII. pt. 4, No. 1356%3B Vol. XIX, sec. !, pt. 2, Nos.465 and 4903; Vol. XIX, sec.
2, pt. I, Nos. 195 & 222 and pt. 2, No. 392. Subject.— A story about Priyan elaka. It deals with the life of the
son of Simhala. It depicts the prowess of donation-charity. Is Begins.- fol. 1° ५ ६॥ ॥ श्रीगुरुवे नमः ॥
राग सोरठ प्रणमु सदगुरुपाय । समरं सरसति सामिनी । 'दान'धरम दीपाय । कहेसि कथा कौतक भणी ॥ १ धरमा मांहि प्रधान । देतां रूडा दीसीइ । दीधउ वरसीदांन । अरिहंतदीक्षाभवसरइ ॥२ etc. प्रथवी मांहि प्रसिद्ध सुणीयइ दानकथा सदा।
प्रियमेलक प्रसिद्ध । सरस घणं संबंध छह ॥ ५ etc. Ends.- fol. 9
संवत १६ बहुतरि (७२) समइ रे। 'मेडता' नगर मज्झारि। ‘प्रियमेलक' तीरथे चउपई रे । मूल आग्रह 'मुलतांण' ॥ २६ दा० इण चउपई एह विशेष छइ रे। सगवट सगली ठामि । बीजी चउपई बहू देषज्यो रे । नहीं सगवटन नाम ॥ २७ दा०॥ श्री'खरतर' गच्छि सोहता रे। श्रीजिनचंदसूरीस । सिन्य सकलचंद सुभ दिसा रे । समयसुंदर तसु सीस॥२८ दा० 30 जयवंता गुरुराजीया रे । श्रीजिनसिंहसूरिराय । समयसुंदर ससु सानिधि करी रे।इम पभणइ उवज्झाय ॥२९ दा०
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