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Jaina Literature and Philosophy [497.
तृतीय खंड संपूर्ण ॥ सर्व ढाल ३८ । गाथा ७४५ श्लोकसंख्या ११५५ ॥ शुभं भवतु । छ ॥ श्री छ साध बाला(?)लमाला श्राविका
माधांपठनार्थ Reference. — For extracts and additional Mss. see Jaina Gurjara
Kavio ( Vol. I, pp. 343-346).
मृगावतीचरित्र . No. 498
Mrgāvaticaritra
799. 1892-95.
Size.- 10] in by 41 in.
Extent.— 28 folios ; 14 lines to a page ; 36 letters to a line. 10 Description.- Country paper thick, tough and white; Devanagari
characters ; bold, big, legible and fair hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; all the four edges coloured red; red chalk used; white paste, too; foll. numbered in the right-hand margins 3; foll. 28b blank; complete; condi
tion good. Age. – Not quite modern. ... Begins.- fol. 1 ५ ६०
समरूं सरसति etc as in No. 497. Ends.- fol. 28
मृगावतीचरित्र etc. up to सुजजीसा बे ॥ २९ practically as in No. 497. This is followed by the lines as under :
इति श्रीमृगावतीचरित्रे चंडप्रद्योतननवप्रकारायणश्रीवीरागमन२ मृगावतीदीक्षा३उदयनश्रावकव्रतग्रहण(४)मृगावतीचंदनाकेवलोप्त(प)
त्तिपनिर्वाणवर्णनो नाम तृतीयः खंडः समाप्तः ॥ छः छः छः 25 N. B.-- For additional information see No. 497.