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49.1 The Svetāmbara Narratives
231 मृगावतीचरित्र
Mrgāvaticaritra [मृगावतीचोपइ]
[ Mrgavaticopai ]
1311. No. 497
1886-92. Size-- 101 in. by 4} in. Extent.- 31-1=30 folios ; i3 lines to a page; 40 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thin and greyish ; Devapāgari
characters; bold, big, legible and good hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; numbers for foll. entered twice as usual; fol. 1 blank ; this Ms. seems to have to been exposed to rain ; for, foll. 5, 6 and 28 have become less legible ; fel. 29 lacking ; otherwise complete ; 3 khandas
and 38 dralas in all; composed in Samvat t668. Age.- Seems to be old. Author.- Samayasundara. For his additional works etc. see No. 15 ... 392 (p. 94). Subject.- Life of Mrgavati narrated in Gujarati. Begins.- fol. 1. ५५0॥
दूहा ९ समरु सरसति सामिणी प्रणमुं सदगुरुपाय । बे कर जोडी बीनवू । मागुं एक पसाय ॥१॥ etc. तिण कारणि भगति भणुं मृगावतीचरित्र ।।
सावधान थइ संभलउं जनम करूं सुपवित्र ॥ ९॥ etc. Ends.- fol. 31b
ते भणी ह्यल राग सुकहिज्यो । चतुर तुम्हे जस लहिज्यो बे । मृ०। 25 वा(बा)रमी ढाल षड त्रीजानी । समयसुंदर मन माने बे । ३२। सोलइसई अठसठ्या वरपे । हुइ चउपई घणे हरषे.बे । मृ०।। मृगावतीचरित्र कह्यां निहु खंडे। ध(घ)णे आणंद घमंडे वे ॥ ३३ ॥ मोहणवेलि चउपई सुणतां भणता नइ गुणतां बे ॥ समयसुंदर यई संघ आसीसां रिद्धि वृद्धि सुजगीसा बे ॥ ३४ ॥
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