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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[ 61. Description.- Country paper thin and white ; Jaina Devanāgari
characters; small, legible and very fair hand-writing; borders ruled in red ink; red chalk used; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin only; condition very good; 210 verses ; this Ms. contains an additional work viz. Gacchācāra (Vol. XVII, pt. I, No. 380) which begins
on fol. s' and ends on fol. 7". Age.- Pretty old. Author.- 'Dharmaghoșa Súri, pupil of Devendra Sûri, founder of
the 'Tapā' gaccha. This Dharmaghoşa Sûri is said to have once defeated a non-Jaina yogin expert in lores. This Suri was named as Dharmakirti in Vikrama Samvat 1302 when he renounced the world and became a Jaina monk. His elder brother who had renounced the world earlier was named as Vidyānanda. This Dharmaghosa Sūri became Upadhyāya in Vikrama Samvat 1320, Sūri in 1328 and died in 1357. He is an author of several additional works, most of which are hymns. Of them the following s hymns ( each with an avacūri) are published by the Atmānanda Sabha:--
ITOTTUTOT ( ), Fiformu (v. '13), wareTTOTO ), italfoglaniteror (v. 32 ) and F u ry ( v. 24).
In Jaina-stotra-sandoha (pt. I) we come across the following hymns:--
THAT ( v. 17 ), TargÀT###44 (v.9), ra. få stiahsraeglat ( TAFAT ) (v. 39 ), 7 EFT1T09 ( v. 6), FHUHTATUT ( incomplete ), 'FAFAH ( v.9), ftalaarmee (v. 40 ), Charger ( FUTETUTTT) ( v. 26), afhaigha90 ( v. 7), quárizora TOTTO74 ( v. 16), gamta (v. 9), area CAITH (v.13), qrafalgata ( v. 11 ), ragot (v.9), THE #499 ( v. 9), wrazgrastlaatta (v. 14), AETATE (v. 27 ), Ag a taan (v. 9), Agr THT
1 Ho should be distinguished from his namesake, pupil of Mānatunga Suri. 2 This is the total number of verses.
3 The first hemistich of the 1st 8 verses is in Sanskrit whereas the 2nd of each of them in Prakrit,
4 All the verses except the first are in " Apabhramsa".
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