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Reference.- For an extract see Jaina Gūrjara Kavio (Vol. I, p. 61 )
and for an additional Ms. of the text and that of the avacūrņi see Jinaratnakośa (Vol. I, p. 332 ).
Ratnaranga Upādhyāya has composed balavab hodha of Rūpakamālā in V. S. 1582.
रूपसेनकथा
Rūpasenakathā No. 540
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1877-78. Size.— 95 in. by 4; in. Extent. - 37 folios ; 13 lines to a page ; 38 letters to a line. 10 Description.- Country paper thin, rough and white; Jaina Deva -
nāgari characters with occasional TBAITS; big, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing ; borders of a few foll. ruled in two to three lines in red ink; dandas written in red ink ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margins ; fol. 14 15 blank; there is some space kept blank in the centre of the numbered and unnumbered sides as well, so that it forms a design ; a portion of an edge of the first fol. worn out; edges of some of the foll. partly damaged ; condition on the
whole tolerably good ; complete ; 1150 šlokas in extent. 20 Age. - Old. Author.- Jinasūri, pupil of Sudhābhūṣaṇa, pupil of Viśālarāja Sūri.
His additional work is Priyankara-n;pa-kathā ( No. 419). Subject.— A story of king Rūpasena, son of Manmatha and that of Kanakāvati.
25 Begins.— fol. 10 g coll sifatn 74:
श्रीमंत विदुरं शांतं । लक्ष्मीराज्यजयप्रदं। efte aar(s)gai gooi i fui kirilgarigi Pl. SIT174741(277)F31*YCH: gyei
सत्त्वं शरीरे च जने महत्वं ।
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