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228.} Metaphysics etc. : Svetambara works
333 stambhas out of which the second is incomplete; the extent of each of them along with the corresponding portion of the vștti is as under:
Stambha l with vștti foll. 10 to 76*
„ II „ „ „ 762 , 1096.
The entire work along with its auto-commentary was
completed in Vikrama Samvat 1843. Agt:-- Pretty old. Author of the text.- Vijayalakṣmi Sūri, pupil of Vijayasaubhāgya
Sūri, successor of Vijayānanda Súri. Vijayalakṣmi Cùri has composed the following works in Gujarati : Work
Vikrama-year tra-faca-half वीरस्तवन
1817 षट्(छ)-अट्टाइ-स्तवना
1834 i-F719-91-979 चोवीसी Tatatawa ...
earlier than 1860 17TR-FM ... भगवती-सज्झाय सृगापुत्र-सज्झाय
रोहिणी-सज्झाय Author of the commentary.- Vijayalakşmi Sūri. Same as above. Subject.-- Spiritual advice, in 3 sections, in 24 stambhas (pillars),
in 361 lectures. This entire work mainly deals with right faith and partial cessation from sinful activities.
In stambha II, lecture 23 there is a 'verse which shows how poison can be detected, when mixed with food. Hemavijaya Gaņi in his work Katharatnakara dated Samvat 1657 has given s verses in this connection. Yasastılalacampa (1, 3, 338-9) by Somadeva Süri and Samaraïccacariya (IV, p. 306 ), too, deal with this subject.
1845
1-2 See my introduction (p. 42) of Sodaśaku-prakaraña.