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रोहिण्यशोकचन्द्रकथा .
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304 Jaina Literature and Philosophy [550.
Rohiņyasokacandraka tha No. 550..
319.
A. 1882-83. Size.- 10g in. by 4g in.
Extent.- 7 folios ; 13 lines to a page ; 40 letters to a line. 5 Description.- Country paper thin, tough and white ; Jaina Deva
nāgari characters ; big, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing ; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; all the foll. except the ist numbered in both the margins%; the Ist in the right-hand margin only; in.the centre of the numbered and unnumbered sides as well, there is some space kept blank so as to form a design; in the lefthand margins the title is variously written e.g. रोहिणीकथा, रोहिणिकथा, रौहिणिकथा.and रोहिणिनीक; fol. 7° blank; edges of some of the foll. slightly gone ; condition on the whole
good ; complete : composed in Samvat 1657. Age.-Samvat 1693. Author:- Kanakakusala, pupil of Somakusala. Vacaka Santicandra
is his vidya-guru. For his additional works etc. see Sec. I
of Vol. XIX (pt. I, No. 35 and pt. 2, p. 309). 30 Subject.- A story of Rohini and that of king Asokacandra, her
: . husband illustrating the penance named as 'Rohini'. Begins.- fol. 1-॥५६०॥
श्रीमान् पार्श्वजिनस्सर्वाभीष्टसिद्धिविधायकः ।
भन्यानां भूतये भूयात् तमालश्यामलद्युतिः ॥३॥ 25 . कवीनां जननी नित्यं । पुस्तकन्यस्तहस्तका ।
मरालवाहना देवी । शारदा वरदा(s)स्तु मे ॥२॥ नस्वा विद्यागुरुं प्राणिप्रतिबोधैकहेतवे ।
तपसि श्लाधिते सद्भिः। प्रोच्यते रोहिणीकथा ॥३॥ etc. . Ends. - fol. 7.
रोहिण्यशोकयोवृत्त । निशम्येति गुरूदितं । सततं क्रियता भव्याः ! ॥ प्रयत्नो 'रोहिणी'तपे ॥ २० ॥