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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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नेमिनाथरास
Neminātharāsa
318. No. 349
1883-84. Size.- 10 in. by 48 in. Extent. - 6 folios; 15 lines to a page ; so letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thick, rough and greyish; Jaina
Devanagari characters with frequent TOSHTATS ; small, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; the space between these pairs coloured red; foll. numbered in both the margins ; unnumbered sides are decorated with a small spot in red colour in the centre whereas the numbered in each of the two margins, too%; in the left-hand margin the title is written as सीलरास०; fol. 10 blank; condition
very good; complete; composed at Jalor. Age.-Pretty old. Author.- Vijayadeva Sari, pupil of Punyaratna. He is the author
___of Upadesagita. Subject. -- Life of Lord Nemi narrated for pointing out the
importance of celibacy. Begins.- fol. 1° ५६० ॥ श्रीजिना ॥
पहिलउ प्रणाम करउं जिनराइ । लागउंजी गोयम गणधर पाइ । सुगुरुवाणी वली संभलउ । भूलउजी अक्षर आणि सावाइ । रास भणिसु रलियामणउ । जे सुणि सा(सी)ल हियइ थिर थाइ ।
कोकिला जे कलरव करइ । मास वसंत ते अंबपसाइ । १ etc. Ends.-60
वीनती ए हा जिन वीनवडं स्वमा(मी) इक षिण अम्ह न थाम विछोडि सील संघातिइं जी प्रा(प्री)तडी । हिवई उत्तराध्ययन बावीसमउ जोइ वलि य अनेराही ग्रंथथी अरथ आज्ञा विना जे काउ होइ । विफल होज्यो मुझ पातक सोइ जिनभाषइ तिम सही। स्यामि दुरति नई दुक्ख सहू हरउ दूरि । वेगि मनोरथ माहरउ पूरि
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1 This work is named as शीलरक्षारास and शीलरक्षाप्रकाशरास, too.
