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162. ] Metaphysics elco : Śvetambara works
257 आरम्भसिद्धि
Arambhasiddhi सुधीशृङ्गारसहित
with Sudbiórngāra No. 162
769.
1895-1902. Size. — 10 in. by 41 in. Extent.— 138 folios ; 13 lines to a page ; 44 letters to a line. Description.-- Country paper thick and grey ; Jaina Devanagari
characters with ATSIS; bold, clear, big and good handwriting ; borders ruled in three lines in red ink; red chalk used; numbers for foll. entered twice as usual; a piece of paper of the same size as the fol. pasted to foll. 1a and 1389; foll. 66 to 70 and 126 to 138 worm-eaten; especially the last two very badly damaged ; condition on the whole good ; contents of the Ms. are noted on fol. 1389; some of the results tabulated on foll. 7', 8“, 96, 10 etc., and explanatory diagrams on foll. 66, 99 and 64'; both the text and the commentary (vārtika) complete ; the latter is styled as Sudhiśțngāra; the commentary is composed in Samvat 1514; the entire work is divided into five vimarśas; the extent of each of them along with the corresponding portion of the commentary is as under :Vimarśa I with com. foll. b
II » » » 24" » 436 , III
„ 436 „ 624 » IV „
„ 62 » 916 » V „ „ iso 916 1382. Age. - Samvat 1651. Author of the vārtika. - Hemahamsa Gani; pupil of Ratnasekhara
Sūri. Subject. The text along with its commentary in Sanskrit. Begins.- (text) fol. 2a
FA: F TCH | as in No. 160. - (com. ) fol. 2
SATUTÁRATU AFTTI I etc. as in No. 166. [J.L.P.)
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