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The svetāmbara Works
नागकुमारचरित
Nāgakumāracarita
1437. .. No. 343
1886-92. Size.- Iod in. by 4g in. Extent.- 53+1=54 folios ; 9 lines to a page ; 36 letters to a line. is Description.- Country paper thin, rough and greyish; Devanagari
characters%3 big, quite legible, uniform and very good handwriting; borders ruled in three lines and edges in one in red ink ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; some foll. have stuck together owing to the presence of gum in to the ink used ; a careless attempt made by some one to separate at least the last two foll. has damaged them; otherwise the condition on the whole good; complete; composed in Samvat ISII; fol. 1 blank ; there is an extra
blank fol. placed in the beginning. Age.- The 17th century of the Vikrama era. Author.- Dharmadhara (Dharmadhira). Subject.- Life of Nāgakumāra illustrating the prowess of the vow
pertaining to the sth day of the bright half of a month. Begins.-- fol. 12 ए ६०॥ ॐ नमः सिद्धेभ्यः॥
20 श्रीमंतं त्रिजगद्वंद्यं संसारांबुधितारकं । प्रणमामि जिनेशाना(नां) वृषभं वृषभध्वजं ॥१॥ नमोऽस्तु वर्तमानाय केवलज्ञानचक्षुषे । संसारश्रमनाशाय कम्मौंघध्वांतभानवे ॥२॥ जिनराजमुखांभोजराजहंसी सरस्वती मानसे रमतां नित्यं मदीये परमेश्वरी ॥३॥ गौतमादीन् मुनीन् नत्वा श्रुतसागरपारगान् ।
वक्ष्ये(s)ह शुक्लपंचम्या फलं भव्यसुखप्रदं ॥ ४ ॥ etc. Ends.-- fol. 530
(? व्य)तीते विक्रमादित्ये रुद्रेषुशशि(१५११)नामनि । . ३० श्रावणे शुक्लपक्षे च पूर्णिणमा चंद्रवासरे ॥ ५३ ॥
1 Is this a Digambara work ?
