________________
446. 1
भरतेश्वर बाहुबलिस्वाध्याय -वृत्ति [ कथाकोश ]
No. 446
The Svetambara Narratives
163
Bharateśvara-Bahubalisvādhyāya-vrtti [ Kathākośa ]
598. 1884-86.
Size.— 1og in. by 4g in.
Extent. - 33 folios; 16 lines to a page; 36 letters to a line. Description. - Country paper, tough and white; Devanagari characters ; big, legible and good hand - writing; borders ruled in three lines and edges in one in red ink; foll. 10 numbered as usual; a corner of the first fol. slightly worn out; condition on the whole very good; fol. 1 blank ; so is fol. 33°; composed in Samvat rc9; incomplete as it ends abruptly; this Ms. practically ends with the lifesketch of Arnikāputra, the 6th mahapurusa.
Age.- Not modern.
Author. Subhaśīla, pupil of Munisundara Suri of the Tapă gaccha. For his additional works see No. 443.
1
Begins. fol. 1° ॥ ९६० ॥ नमः श्रीसर्व्वज्ञाय नमः । श्रीशारदायै नमः । युगादौ व्यवहाराध्वा सर्वो येन प्रकाशितः ।
Subject. Narrations about Bharata and other 52 saintly male characters (mahapurusas) along with 47 noble-minded ladies 20 ( mahasatis ).
स श्रीवृषभयोगींद्रो दद्याद् वोऽव्ययसंपदं ॥ १ ॥ etc. 'तपा' गछाधिपा श्रीमन्मुनिसुंदरसूरयः ।
तच्छिष्यः शुभशीलाहो भरतादिकथा (थां) व्यधात् ॥ ७ ॥ तथाहि । तत्र प्रथम गाथा -
भरहेसर बाहुबली अभयकुमारो य ढंढणकुमारो । सिरिभो अनि उत्तो अहमुत्तो नागदत्तो अ । १ । ' इत्यादि ॥ १३ गाथा ॥
S
This is the 1st verse of the text named AS 'Bharahesara-Bahubalisajjhāya ( Bharateśvara-Bahubali-svādhyāya') and having 13 verses It remains to be ascertained as to how many additional verses, if at all, are assigned a place in this Ms.
IS
25
30
