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There is noted on p. 184 a palm-leaf Ms. of the commentary only. For additional Mss. of this trèar' fagfa see G. O. Series Vol. XXI, pp. 1 and 51 and Jinaratnakośa (Vol. I, p. 49). In the Limbdi Catalogue one Ms. having the text and ìî' is noted as No. 324. This is probably the same commentary that is dealt with here; for, this begins with arr. One Ms. is noted in Keith's Catalogue as No. '7679 and one in GSAI (Vol. XXV, 295).
P. S. It seems from p. 376, ll. 11-13 that this No. 236 contains the text, Siddharṣi's commentary on it and narratives added to this commentary by Vardhamana Sūri.
If so, it agrees with No. 240, 'and' it deserves to be
bracketed with it. In the absence of the pertinent Ms., I can't say anything more and further, it is not possible to keep this compose pending indefinitely.
उपदेशमालाप्रकरण
हेयोपादेया (fagia) afga
No. 237
Upadesamalaprakaraṇa
with Heyopadeya (vivṛti)
1238.
1891-95.
Size. 11 in. by 4 in.
Extent. 57 folios; 17 lines to a page; 58 letters to a line. Description. Country paper thin, rough and white; Jaina Devanagari characters with occasional gears; small, fairly legible, uniform and very good hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; red chalk used; yellow pigment used while making corrections; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin as 61, 62 etc.; edges of the first and last few foll. slightly gone; a few foll. slightly wormeaten; condition tolerably good; both the text and the
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1 This does not deal with Siddharsi's commentary but with one based upon it.
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