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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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न्यायावतार
Nyāyāvatāra विवृतिसहित :
with vivrti No. 21
91 (a).
1873–74. Size:--114 in. by sg in. Extent.— 64 folios ; 13 lines to a page ; 39 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper ihin, very rough and white; Deva
nāgari characters; tolerably big, legible and good handwriting ; borders ruled in two lines in red ink ; red chalk used; yellow pigment, too ; foll. numbered in both the margins; fol. r' blank except that the title etc. written on it; condition rery good; both the text' and the commentary complete; the latter ending on fol. 63; this Ms. contains in addition a work named Nyāyāvatāra; this commences on fol. 638 and ends on fol. 64; see No.
20; this Ms. comes from Bikaner. Age.- Samvat 1931. Author of the text. — Siddhasena Divakara. , , , commentary.- Siddha Rşi, well-known as 'Vyākhyā
tr'. He is the author of Upamitibhavaprapancäkatha, the ist allegorical work available in Indian literature. This is composed by him in Saṁvat 962. He is said to be an author of the commentary on Dharmasära Gaại's Upadeśa
māla ( Pr. Uvaesamālā ) and that of Śricandrakevalicaritra. Subject.-- The text along with its explanation in Sanskrit. Begins.--(text) fol. s* TATUT FRUITATÊ etc. as in No. 19. »- „ „ 130
falfa Tamuna etc. as in No. 19... „ — (com.) fol. 1b llyfoll stercFarh AA:
1 Instead of garorurgicalefaimata only its gafa is given. Of course, the 3a verses are completely given.
