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140
Vaidyaka
[117.
References.-(1) Mss.-A-Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum :
i, 295. (The only entry by Aufrecht ). (2) Printed Editions :- Published along with other works of Hemacandra in अभिधानसंग्रह (nos. 6-10). Edited by Pandit Durgāprasada, Kāśinātha Pāņduranga Parab and Pandit Sivadatta, Bombay, 1889.
निदानप्रदीप
Nidānapradipa No. 118
928.
1884-87. Size.— 101 in. by 44 in. Extent.-160 leaves; I2 lines to a page; 35 letters to a line... Description. -Country paper ; Devanagari characters; hand-writing
good ; double lines in black ink on borders. Benedictory phrase, and topic endings are tinged with red pigment. Paper is old, worn out, musty and worm-eaten on left hand side. It is written in several hands. Fol. 21 is repeated, 45 missing, 105 not numbered, 106 repeated ; foll. 118-19 and 129 are missing. Hence, the number of folios missing being 3, the actual number of folios is 163-3
=160. Age.- Sam. I741. Author. -- Naganātha, son of Sri Krsnabhatta. Begins.-fol. 10
श्रीगणेशाय नमः। सकलमुरमुनींद्रेरीप्सितार्थस्य सिध्यै सतमखिल्लविधोछेदकृयायते यते यत् ॥ निखिलनिगमवेद्याचिंत्यशक्तिप्रकाशं गणपतिपदपन्नईद्वमाराधयामि ॥१॥
कृते चरकहारीतमुश्रतादिमनीषिभिः॥
निदानग्रंथसंदर्भ संक्षिप्ताः पिहिताश्च ये॥ .. अर्थास्तेषां प्रकाशाय दीपोयं तन्यते मया ॥ ....
निदानार्थप्रदीपेन सुखेन भिषजोमुना ॥३॥ प्रकाशितान्विदं त्वर्थानबोधतिमिरे हते ॥ etc: ""