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692. ) Hymnology: Digambara works Ends.- fol. 76
इय शुणिवि जिणेसरु महिपरमेसरु ।
अमरसर सो पावइ । सो णरु होएप्पिणु । चरिउ चरेणुि । .
सिद्ध सुक्खु सो पावर ॥१॥ ॥छ॥ ॥20॥
स्तुति
to
is
Stuti
1010 ( No. 692
).
1891-95. Extent.- fol. 94° to fol. 95.. Description.- Complete; 5 verses in all. For other details see Tattvärthasūtra No. 1080 ( 1 ). .
1891-95. Author- Rupacanda. Two Jaina Hindi poets, Rapacanda by
name are mentioned in “हिन्दी जन साहित्य का साक्षात इतिहास". As stated therein (p. 180) Rûpacanda has commented upon Banarasīdāsa's Nafaka-Samayasara in Vikrama Samvat 1798.
Another Rûpacanda is known as Rûpacanda Pande. He was a resident of Agra and a teacher of Hemarāja Pande of Agra. He is the author of the following works:-
(1) परमार्थी दोहाशतक. (2) गीतपरमार्थी.
(3) मङ्गलगीतप्रबन्ध. • He is praised as a great scholar by Banārasidasa in his Samayasāra-nataka-bhasa (p. 10). This Rupacanda Pande flourished in the 17th century A. D.
Is any one of these two poets the author of this Sluti : (No. 692)? Subject.- Eulogy of the Tirthankara in Hindi. Begins. - fol. 94 ॥ अथ स्तुति ॥ . .... जय जय जिन ! देवनके देवा।
. मर नर सकल करे तुम संवा ॥ अदभुत है प्रभु महमा तेरी।
बरनी न जाय अलप मुति मेरी ॥ etc.
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