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big, perfectly legible, uniform and beautiful hand-writing; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink ; space between these pairs coloured red; dandas written in red ink; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin ; unnumbered sides decorated with a disc in red colour in the centres only; the numbered ones with a similar disc in each of the two margins, too; fol. I. blank ; edges of the Ist four foll, slightly worn out; condition on the whole good ; complete ; the entire work is divided into 24 groups, each
having 4 verses. Age.- Pretty old. Author.- Sobhana, a Jaina monk. Names of his grand-father, . . . father, brother (elder) and sister are:- .: :..
Devarși, Sarvadeva, Dhạnapāla and Sundari. Subject.- The entire hymn is a splendid example of pada-yamaka. Is
It is divided into 24 sections. These sections glorify 24 Tirthankaras (Lord Rsabha to Lord Mahavira). Further, each section deals with praise of all the Tirtharkaras and the Jaina canon. Moreover, 24 sets of the 4th verse supply us with eulogy of Sruta-devata (thrice), 16 Vidyadevis, 20 Santi, Amba (twice ) and two Yaksas viz. Brahma-Santi ..
and Kapardi. Begins.- fol. 1 ए६०॥ सर्वजिनेभ्यो नमः।
भव्यांमोजबिबोधनकतरणे! विस्तारिकर्मावली.
रंभासामज ! नाभिनंदन ! महानष्टापदाभासुरैः । भक्त्या बंदितपादपद्म! विषां संपादय प्रोज्झिता
रंभासाम! जनाभिनंदन! महानष्टापदाभासरेः॥१॥ ते वः पातु जिनोत्तमाः क्षतरुजो नाचिक्षिपुर्यन्मनो
- दारा विभ्रमरोचिताः सुमनसो मंदारवा राजिताः॥ . यत्पादौ च सुरोज्झिताः सुरभयां चक्रः पतंयोबरा
दाराविभ्रमरोचिताः सुमनसो मंदारवाराजिताः॥२॥ Ends- fol. 12
परमततिमिरोग्रभानप्रभा सरिभंगर्गमीरा भां
विश्ववये निकाय (ग्ये) विनी(ती)यायो)नरा. महतिमतिमते हि ते शस्यमानस्य वासं सदाऽतन्वती
तापदानंदधानस्य सा(s)मानिनः। जननमृतितरंगनिःप्पा(पा)रसंसारनीराकरांत
निमज्जज्जनोत्तारनो(नौ)औरती तीर्थकत !
