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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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very good hand-writing ; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; red chalk used; foll. numbered in both the
margins ; dandas in red ink; fol. I' blank except that a verse is written on it, probably later on; yellow pigment profusely used for corrections; उपदेशरशाल written in the left-hand margins of the numbered sides; complete ; the work is divided into 52 धर्मोपदेश3 for details see
No. 271 ( pp. 444-445 ). Age.- Pretty old. Author.- Not mentioned. He may be at best a contemporary of
Rajasekhara Sûri whose work Caturviņšati prabandha is utilized by him. He appears to be belonging to the
Kharatara gaccha Subject On fol. 10 APTATIETTA ( 11th verse ) is quoted. The
subject of this work is in common with Upadeśatarangini, and it deals mainly with five topics viz. (I) four types of dharma viz. dana, etc.: (2) the seven ksetras%3B (3) snatrapaja; (4) yatra ; and (S) sanghapuja. The entire work is divided into 52 dharmopadeśas out of which 30, 1, 11, s and s seem to deal with each of the
five topics in succession. Begins-fol. !" written in a different hand :
किं स्याद वर्णचतुष्टयेन धनज धण्णे(गण)निमिभूषणं ।
__ स्यादायेन मही त्रयेण च फलं मध्यवये प्राणदः ।। . व्यस्ते गोत्रतुरंगधासकुसमान्यतेन संप्रेक्षणं । । ।
ये जानंति विचक्षणाः क्ष(क्षि)तितले तेषामहं किंकरः ॥१॥ Begins.- fol ||९६० ॥ ओ (2) नमः श्रीप्रषचनाय ॥
नमो अरिहंताणं ॥ मंगलं भगवान् वीरो' अज्ञानतिमिरांधानां ॥
मांगलिक्यमयं वाचनाश्लोकयुग्मं 1 The complete verse is:
"मङ्गलं भगवान् वीरो मङ्गलं गौतमः प्रभुः।। .....
मजलं स्थूलभद्राद्या जैनधर्मोऽस्तु मङ्गलम ॥" % The complete verse is :
' अज्ञानतिमिरान्धानां ज्ञानाअनशलाकया।
नेत्रमुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः॥"
