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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[328. Extent. (text) - 5 folios ; 6 to 11 lines to a page ; 28 letters to
a line. , (com.)--" " ;
" " " "32 " " a line. 5 Description.--Country paper thin and white; Devanagari characters
with occasional पृष्टमात्राs; this is a पश्चपाटी Ms. ; small, legible and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in four lines and edges in two, in black ink ; yantras and mantras ( incantations) given on foll. I', ', 2, 2, 33, 3, 43, 4° and 5.3B foll. numbered as usual ; fol. sb blank ; names of some of the yantras are : दंष्टकराला, कमलि(ल?), लसह, रेफ, हस्तांगलि, हरहार and नीलोत्पल; both the text (38 verses) and its commentary complete; edges of some of the foll. slightly damaged;
condition very fair. 15 Age.-- Not modern.
Author of the text.-- Not mentioned..
, ,, commentary.-- Not mentioned. Subject.--Glorification of Lord Parsva (worshipped by Nagaraja
Dharana)and that of Garuda along with its elucidation. Removal of poison is the subject of a request to Lord Pārśva. Kalikuņda is referred to. Some mantras are noted and
eight families of serpents are mentioned. Begins.- (text ) fol. I
घरणोरगेंद्रसुरपतिविद्याधरपूजितं (जिनं ) नत्वा । 25
क्षुद्रोपद्रवशमनं तस्यैव महास्तवं वक्ष्ये ॥ १॥ etc. -(com.) fol. !"
प्रणिपत्य लोकनाथं सर्वज्ञं सर्वसत्त्वाहितयुक्तं । मंत्रस्तवस्य विवृति वक्षे(क्ष्ये) ज्ञातोपदेशेत(न)॥१॥
येषामन्यगारुडेष्वज्ञानतो ग्राहस्तान् प्रत्याह । etc. 30 Ends.- ( text ) fol. so .
• भाक्तार्जनेश्वरे यस्य गंधमास्यानुलेपनैः ॥
संपूजयति यश्चेनं तस्यैतत् सफलं भवेत् ॥ ३८ ॥ इति धरणोरु(र)गेंद्रस्तवनं समाप्तं ।
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1 According to Jinaratnakosa (Vol. I, p. 188 ) the author is Jinesvara Suri. Is it because the word "जिनेश्वर " occurs in v. 38 ?
2 His twelve names are mentioned.
