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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
This is followed by the lines as under:
सं० १६७२ मिते || ज्येष्ठमासि । सुदि त्रयोदशीदिने । 'श्रीम' दहम्मदाबाद 'नगरस्थितैः श्री ' वृहदखरतर 'गणगगनांगणदिनमणिसमान भी अकबरपातिसाहिप्रदत्तबहुमाना युगप्रधान श्रीजिनचंद्रसूरिविनेयैः श्रीरत्न निधानोपाध्यायैः । पंरत्नसुंदरगणिसाहाय्येन । शोधितो ( ( ) सावुपदेश सप्ततिनामा
ग्रन्थः ।
Reference.-Published in "Jaina Sastum Sahitya Granthamälä " in Samvat 1998. This edition contains a colphon of 22 verses and a table of contents in Sanskrit.
N. B. For further particulars see No. 280.
'उपदेशसार
No. 282
[ 281.
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Upadeśasara
1264. 1884-87.
Size.-9 in. by 44 in.
Extent. 57-354 folios; 15 lines to a page; 56 letters to a line. Description. Country paper tough and white; Jaina Devanagari characters with occasional ITS; small, clear and good hand-writing; borders ruled in four lines in black ink; red chalk and white paste used; yellow pigment, too; foll. numbered as usual; some of the last foll. seem to have been exposed to rain; condition fair; fol. 576 blank; foll. 1 to 3 lacking; otherwise complete.
Age. Samvat 1737.
Subject.
Spiritual advice given by way of stories, in Sanskrit; the last few lines are however composed in Gujarāti. The work is based upon Upadeśatarangini, Caturviṁśatiprabandha, Prabandhacintamani etc.
1 There are two other works of this name in Prakrit. One of them is by Devabhadra; the other (also named as Dharmavidhi) is anonymous.
