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SUPPLEMENT II
Vol. XIX, sec. 2, pt. 2
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कथाकोश
Kathākosa
583. No. 630=90(a)
1884-86. Size.- 10% in. by 5 in. Extent.-- 55 folios ; 14 lines to a page ; 45 letters to a line. Description- Country paper thin and yellowish ; Devanagari chara
cters with occasional पृष्ठमात्रा; bold and legible handwriting; borders ruled in three lines%3; foll. numbered in the right-hand margins; fol. I missing; fol. 24 numbered twice ; red chalk and yellow pigment used ; incomplete ;
condition good. Age. - Old. Author.- Not mentioned. Subject.- A collection of narratives. This may remind one of
Samyaktva-kaumudi. Herein there are some quotations in
Sanskrit and some in Prakrit. Begins.- abruptly fol. 2 ते । तावच्छ्रति । सुखमनोभिरामपरमरमणीकदेवदुंदुमि
निनदमिश्रितजयजयारविपरिपूर्णदिगंतरालसछत्रत्रयचामरेंद्रध्वजादिसंशोभितं रत्नकनकरूप्यशालं व्याकोशस्वःप्रसूनस्तबकपरिमलोद्गारसंभारलोलन्थालीन
मत्तभ्रमरकुलकलारावसश्रीकाशोकशालं । etc. Ends.-- abruptly fol. 55° तथापि मम मनसि जिनधर्मव्रतप्रभावश्रवणान्महद्
वैराग्यं जातमस्ति पारणादनंतरमवश्यं जिनदीक्षां लास्ये । कुटुंबमनुज्ञाप्येति चित्ते निश्चयः कृतो(s)स्ति एतैर्यदि जिनव्रतमाहात्म्य श्रुत(तं) दृष्टं भवत्यनुभूतं तदा(s)मीषामपि वैराग्यमभविष्यत् । परमुपवासादिभिः शोष
मुत्पादयति । संसारभोगलंपटत्वं नैव त्यजति । Reference. – The introduction of Bịhatkathākośa may be consulted.
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