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Jaina Literature and Philosophy . [ 77. Extent.-- ( com. ) 13 folios ; 31 to 33 lines to a page ; 19 lettters
___in the column. Description.- Country paper thin, tough and white; Jaina Deva
nagari characters%3; this is a पश्चपाटी Ms.; the text written in small, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing; same is the case with the avacūri except that it is written in still smaller hand-writing; borders rnled in three lines in red ink; red chalk used ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin ; there is some space kept blank in the centre of the numbered and the unnumbered sides as well; every fol. is slightly worm-eaten ; condition on the whole tolerably good; both the text and the commentary com
plete. Age.- Fairly old. IS Author of the text.- Not mentioned. In Jinaratnakośa (Vol. I,
p. 59) he is however named as Rsipali, with
aquery. " ," avacuri.- Not mentioned. Subject.- The text in Prakrit in 7I verses eulogizes the Jaina .
saints. This metrical composition is explained in Sanskrit,
the explanation having for its basis a vṛtti of the text. Begins.-- ( text ) fol. 1 ए६०५
इसिमंडलस्स गुणमंडलस्स तवतेअमंडलधरस्स । संसारमंडलविहायस्स । थयमुत्तमं बु(बु)च्छं ॥१॥ जिणवरसासणविउणा जिणवरवयणाणरत्तभावेणं ।
सुणह मुकयत्थयामिणं इसीसु इसिपालणा निच्चं ए॥२॥ ,-(com. ) fol. 1 y ño . ऋषिसमुदायस्य गुणस्थानस्य तपस्तेजश्चक्रं दधतः ।। भवचक्रं वियोजयतः
स्तव उत्तमं वक्ष्ये ॥१॥ etc. Ends.- ( text ) fol. 136
दसपुव्वधरं धीरं पदरबलविरियसंपन्नं । 'सबसिद्ध'निलयं तमहं वयरं नमसामि ॥ ७० ॥ एयं मयमयणदोसरहिया थुया मए सुरसहस्समहिया ॥ रिसओ परिसाए किंतु बोहिं मज्झ य सिद्धिबसहि उवविहिंतु ॥ ७१।। इति ऋसि(षि)मंडलस्तवः संपूर्णः श्रेयसे भवतु || छ ।
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