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527.1
रत्नशेखर
रत्नवती - रास
The Svetambara Narratives
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Ratnasekhara
Ratnavati-rasa
Ends. fol. 13b
43. 1877-78.
No. 527
Size. 10 in. by 43 in.
Extent. - 13 folios ; 13 lines to a page; 38 letters to a line. Description.— Country paper thick, tough and white; Jaina Devanāgarī characters with occasional पृष्ठमात्राs; big, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; the space between these pairs 10 coloured red; red chalk used; foll. numbered in the righthand margins ; fol. ra blank ; in the centre of the numbered and unnumbered sides as well, there is some space kept blank so that it forms a design; condition very good; complete; composed in Samvat 15 14 ( 7 ) in Gujarati. Age.— Old.
Author.— Vibudha (?) Suri.
Subject. A story of Ratnaśekhara and that of his wife Ratnavati. This work deals with four parvans.
Begins. fol. 1b ॥ ६० ॥ श्रीवीतरागाय नमः ।
वस्तु ।
वीर जिणवर वीर - जिणवर पाय पणमेव । सरसति देवी मनि धरी निय-सुगुरु - सानिधि पामीय चपु (प) ब्वी ऊपरिहिं रत्नशेषर राजा सुधामीय । विन्नसु हूं एकचित्तियई कु ( ? ऊ ) लट प ( ? ) री अपार । भवी लोय ! तुझे सांभलउ रत्नवतीभरतार १ । etc.
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रूडी परि चउपु ( प ) ब्वी पालु क्रोध मान माया मद ढालु सिवसुखकारण ए सहीय । वेद वाणि तिथि (? १५१४) संख्या वरसे । उज्जल मयणमित्र मासे शवतिथि कर रक्षि सहीय । १२ । विबुधसूरि हूंड वरवासू । सिद्धि योगि रचिउ रास उदारू वर्णवीउ ए नरवरू य भणइ गणइ जे रास रसाळ । तस मंदिर मंगल सुविशाल । ऋद्धिवृद्धि सुखजनकरू य । १३ ।
