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266 Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[166. सुधीशृङ्गार
Sudhisrngāra [आरम्भसिद्धिवार्तिक]
[Ărambhasiddhivārtika ] No. 166
716 (8).
1899-1915. Size.- Iot in. by 4t in. Extent.- 31 folios ; 13 lines to a page ; 42 letters to a line. Description. - Country paper somewhat thick, rough and greyish;
Devanagari characters with occasional पृष्ठमात्रा ; bold, big, clear and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in four lines in black ink ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin ; foll. 14 and 310 blank ; an illustrative diagram on fol. 15; red chalk used ; incomplete. ____Foll. 2 etc. do not belong to this work' ; for, we find (1) Guņasthānakramāroha and its commentary on foll. 2 to 29", (2) पश्चंबन्धविवरण on foll. 290 to 300 and (3) सप्तसमुद्घातविवरण on foll. 30° to 3133; condition very
good. Age.- Samvat 1672. Author.- Udayaprabhadeva Súri, pupil of Vijayasena. Subject.- Explanation of Arambhasiddhi in Sanskrit. Begins.- ( com.) fol. I'
॥५६॥ श्री ॐ नमः श्रीसर्वज्ञाय ।। श्रीधर्मना(न्या)यसम्यग्व्यवहृतियुवतेजी(जी)बलोकेन भर्ना | श्रेष्ठ तादृग्मुहूर्ते परिणयनमिहाचीकरा(रो)द यो युगादौ ॥ लीलाया(ये)ते यधौ(2ीतो सततमवियुतो(तौ) सत्फलाख्यो(ब्यो)स दत्ता। वसु(स्तं) ना(नः?) सिद्धिसौधे सुसम(यमृ)षमा(भ)स्वामिदेवज्ञराजः आदर्शेषु पुरा(5)पि संति कतिचिद् व्याख्यालवा(:) के(s)पि च |
प्राप्ताः श्रीवरसोमसुंदरगुरोः पादाप्रा(प्र)सादान्नां(न्न)वाः ॥ उक्तानुक्तदुरुक्त मर्थमथ तैरारंभतिद्धरहं ।
व्याकर्तुं स्वपरोपकारविधये तहो(वा)र्तिकं प्रा(प्रस्तुवे ॥२॥
1 Even the fact that the hand-writings differ lead us to the same conclusion.
