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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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कलास्थानकभावेन कलिमानकदर्थन । कजार्चन कवित्वेन कल्पितानक ते जिन । ३
anteita fait ends abruptly. N. B.- For additional information see No. 381.
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पृथ्वीधरप्रबन्ध
Prthvidharaprabandha , [पेथडचरित्र ]
[ Pethadacaritra] तथा
, along with झाञ्झणप्रबन्ध
Jhāñjhaņaprabandha टब्बा सहित
and tabbā
163. 10 No. 619=391 (a)
1872-73. Size.— 10 in by 48 in. Extent.- 146 folios ; 4 lines to a page ; 34 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper ; Devanagari characters; bold and
legible hand-writing ; borders ruled in two red lines ; foll. numbered in both the margins%3; fol. ! blank ; both the text (8 tarangas in all ) and the interlinear tabba complete 3;
condition good. - Age.- Saka 1741 i.e. V.S. 1876. Author of the text.-- Ratnamandana, pupil of Nandiratna Gani of
the Tapa gaccha. His additional work is Sukrtasāgara. Author of the tabba.- Not mentioned. Subject. -- Pious life of a Jaina merchant called Pộthvidhara
( Petbada ) and his son Jhanjhana. This work seems to be
an abridgment of Sukstasägara in mixed prose and verse. 25 Begins.- (text) fol. 1b
कल्पद्रवद्रवेष्टवः कुर्वतु परिमिष्टिनः पुष्पपल्लवकिंजल्कवृदषडादसूंदराः १ विद्याविजानिजानेया नेमुषां दातुमुद्यता