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256 Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[161. आरम्भसिद्धि
Ārambhasiddhi No. 161
1354.
1891-95. Size.— 104 in. by 4. in. Extent.- 8 folios ; 17 lines to a page ; 60 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper very thin and white ; Jaina Deva
nägari characters with occasional ass; small, clear and good hand-writing ; ink faded ; at times letters cannot be deciphered as some portions seem to be spoiled by an ignorant person who tried to separate the foll. stuck together probably due to the presence of gum in the ink used; red chalk used; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; space between these pairs coloured red ; foll. not numbered; some foll. seem to be missing; perhaps one on which the 4th vimarśa is written, is also missing; the right-hand margin of the second fol. worn out ; stripes of paper pasted to toll. 2- and 3" ; complete ; the entire work is divided into five vimarsas; the extent of each of them is as under :
Vimarśa I foll. 1 to 2*
III IV
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Age.- Saṁvat 1500. Begins.- fol. 1*11.co
. . A: FEITH I etc. as in No. 160. Ends.-- fol. 86
इत्युक्तखेटबलशालिनि । etc. up to परीक्षा as in No. 160. This is followed by the lines as under :- पञ्चमो विमर्शः संपूर्णः ॥ संवत् १५०० वर्षे पौषशुदिदशम्यां । मंगलवारे । 'अहम्मदाबाद'नगरे । परमगुरुश्रीसोमसुंदरसूरिशेष्यमहोपा
ध्यायश्रीविशालराजशिष्येण लिखितं ॥ N. B.- For further particulars see No. Ilo.
