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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[44.
( II ) THE DIGAMBARA WORKS
आलापपद्धति
Alāpapaddhati No. 44
1040.
1884-87. Size.--91 in. by 4 in. Extent.- II tolios ; Io lines to a page ; 32 letters to a line. . Description.-Country paper thin, rough and white; Jaina Deva
nāgari characters ; bold, big, legible and good hand-writing; borders ruled in three lines in red ink ; yellow
pigment used; red chalk, too; white paste also; complete. Age.-Pretty old. Author.—Paņķita Devasena of Mula Sangha, pupil of Vimala
sena. Subject. --A Sanskrit work elucidating the method of describing
dravyas etc., and forming as it were a supplement to Nayacakra composed by the same author in Prākrit. This work deals with guņas (attributes ) and paryāyas
(modifications ) of dravyas ( substances ). Begins.--fol. !' ए0 जै नमः सिद्धेभ्यः ॥
गुणानां विस्तरं वक्ष्ये स्वभावानां तथैव च।
पर्यायाणां विशेषेण नत्वा वीरं जिनेश्वरं ॥१॥
आलापपद्धतिर्वचनरचनाऽमुक्रमेण । नयचक्रस्योपरि उच्यते || etc. Ends.-fol. Inb असद्भतव्यवहारो द्विविधः। उपचरितानुपचरितभेदात् । तत्र
संश्लेषरहितवस्तुसंबंधविषयः उपचरितासद्भतव्यवहारः । यथा देवदत्तस्य धनमिति । संश्लेषसहितवस्तुसंबंधविषयोऽनुपचरितासद्भतव्यवहारः । यथा जीवस्य शरीरमिति ॥ च्छ॥ ___इति सुखबोधार्थमालापपद्धतिः । श्रीदेवसेनपंडितविरचिता समाप्ता॥च्छ ।
