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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
न्यायावतारfaq faecquia
No. 24
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(text ) प्रमाणादि etc. up to प्रकीर्तिता ( : ) ॥ ३२ ॥
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- ( com. ) fol. 484 प्रमाणप्रसिद्धे etc. up to लंपटमेव चेतः ॥ ३ ॥ as in No. 21. This is followed by the lines as under :--
ग्रंथाग्र २००० ॥ इति श्रीन्यायावतारवृत्तिः संपूर्णाः । संवत् १७३२वर्षे आश्विनशुदि ११ रवौ पंडितप्रकांडपं । श्री ५ तेजविजयगणिशिष्यपंडितश्रीदानविजयगणिना लिखितेयं स्वशिष्यपठनपाठनकृते वाच्यमाना fari aftura eft'èrai'mà xft: "1_
N. B. For other details see No. 21.
Nyāyāvatāravivṛtitippanaka
1382.
1887-91.
Size. 10 in. by 4 in.
Extent. 23 folios; 15 lines to a page; 49 letters to a line.
Description. Country paper thin, strong and white; Devanagari characters with occasional ITS; small, quite legible, uniform and good hand-writing; borders ruled in three lines in red ink; red chalk used; yellow pigment, too; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; fol. 1a blank; so is the fol. 23b; condition very good; complete; extent 953 slokas; only the fress of anfaata are given.
Age.- Pretty old.
Author.- Devabhadra Sūri, pupil of Śrīcandra Sūri, pupil of Maladharin Hemacandra Suri of Harşapuriya Gaccha. Hemacandra Suri's pupil Lakṣmaṇagani finished his work Supăsanahacariya in Vikrama Samvat 1199 i. e. in 1142 A. D. So Devabhadra may be approximately assigned the same date or the second half of the 12th century A. D. This Devabhadra Suri commented upon Śricandra Suri's Sangrahani. Vide Weber No. 1682 and Pet. Report I, 3.
