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lines in black ink; foll. numbered in the right-hand margins%3D fol. I blank except that मुनिपतिचरित्र प्राकृत सूड written on it; fol.57b blank; there is some space kept blank in the centre of the numbered and unnumbered sides as well; in some cases this space as well as the central portion in each of the two margins are decorated with a small spot in red colour; foll. 25, 26 and 33 missing; edges and corners of several foll. worn out; so in number of cases the numbering of foll. is gone; some on the foll. slightly worm-eaten%3; condition on the whole tolerably good; there is some blank 10 space kept on the right-hand side on fol. 14 probably with a view to decorate it with an illustration of one of the Tirthankaras; foll. 28 and the following do not seem to
belong to this work. Age.- Pretty old. Author.- Not known. Subject. -- Life of king Munipati in Präkrit. _Begins.- fol. 10 ५ ६0 * नमः सर्वज्ञाय[:] ॥
कमलदलविपुलनयना । कमलमुखी कमलगर्भसमगौरी । कमले स्थिता भगवती ददातु श्रुतदेवता सिद्धिं ॥ १ सिद्धं सिद्धत्थरिंदाणं सिद्धसासणं पयओ। नमिऊण वद्धमाणं पवट्टमाणं गुणगणेहिं ॥ २ वोच्छं मुणिवइपत्थिवचरियं सुपसत्थविच्छयमहत्थं ।
फुडवियडपायडत्थं गुरुवइट्ट समास(से)णं ॥ ३ etc. Ends.- fol. 270
महिलाणं एस पयई सव्वस्स करेंति व मणुस्साई । तस्स न करेंति नवरं जस्स यलं कामियट्वेणं ॥ मज्झत्थं अच्छंता सयणोज पयसि ज्झायसे किंतु ।
किंs Begins abruptly.- fol. 28°
सुहं व असुहं व इह भवे जीवा । सो तस्स फलं भुंजह परलोए अप्पणो चेव ॥ तो मा रागदोसवसगया पहरह सत्तेसु अणवराहेसु । etc.