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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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(11) THE DIGAMBARA WORKS
अकलङ्कमष्टक
Akalankástaka
- 1393. No. 515
1885-92. Size.-11; in. by 4 in.
Extent.-- 2 folios; 10 lines to a page ; 40 letters to a line. s Description.-- Country paper rough and white ; Jaina Devanāgari
characters; big, clear and very fair hand-writing ; borders of the first fol. ruled in two lines and its edges in one, in black ink ; the 2nd fol. unruled; bluish pigment used;
complete ; condition tolerably good. 10 Age.-- Not quite modern. Author.- Akalanka according to Jinaratnakosa (Vol. I, p. I).
Even if it is so, I am inclined to distinguish him from his
name-sake, the author of Tattvārtharajavartika etc. Subject.-- A poem praising Mahadeva, Tara etc. in 16 verses in
Sanskrit. Begins.-- fol. 1 ॥ ६॥ ॐ नम सिद्धेभ्यः ॥
त्रैलोक्पं सकलं त्रिकालविषयं सालोक्यमालोक्ष तं।
साक्षाद् येन यथा स्वयं करतले रेखात्रय(य) सांगलिं॥ रागद्वेषभयामयांतकजरालोलत्वलोभादयो
नालं यत्पदलंघनाय स महादवो मया बंद्यते ॥१॥ __Ends.- fol. 20
सा तारा खलु देवता भगवती मन्येऽपि माभ्यामहे ।
- षण्मासावधि जाड्यशंखभगवान भट्टाकलंकप्रभोमिकल्लोलपरंपराभिरमते नूनं जे(ज)ने मजन
व्यापार सहते स्म विस्मितमतिः संताडितमस्ततः॥१६॥
इति श्रीअकलंकाष्टक संपूर्णम् ॥ १॥ Reference.- Published at Bangalore in A. D. 1873. For addi
tional Mss. see Jinaratnakosa ( Vol. I, p. 1).
