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704.] Hymnology: Digambara works
299 Description.- Country paper thin, brittle and greyish; Jaina
Devanagari characters; this is a पश्चपाटी Ms.; the text writ. ten in big, quite legible, uniform and very good handwriting ; same is the case with the commentary except that it is written in smaller hand-writing ; borders ruled in three lines and edges in two, in red ink ; numbers for verses, their dandas etc. written in red ink; foll. num. bered in the right-hand margin; fol. !' blank; edges of each and every fol. more or less worn out ; so at times letters are gone; both the text and its commentary complete;
the last verse of the former numbered as 12. Age.- Samvat 1717. Author of the commentary.- Is he Gunacandra? Subject.-- The text along with its explanation. Begins.- (text) fol. 1 ए६०॥ ॐ नमः
मानस्तंभाः सरांसि etc. as in No. 701. -(com.) fol. 1. येषां दश()नमात्रेण मिथ्यावादिनां मानः प्रलीयते इति
मानस्तंभाः मानस्तंभं प्रति चतुर्दिक्षु चतस्रो बाप्यो भवंति etc. Ends.- ( text ) fol. 186
'कांच्या ननाटको() etc. up to जैननिग्रंथवादी ॥ ॥ as in No. 701. This is followed by the lines as under:
१२ इति स्वयंभू समत्तं ॥ छ ॥ श्री ॥ संबत१७१७ वर्षे फाल्गुनमासे कृष्णपक्षे षष्टयां तिथी आदित्यबासरे 'कृष्णगढ'मध्ये मंडलाचार्यः श्रीश्रीयशः. कीर्तिस्तच्छिष्यः आचार्यबर्यः श्रीगुणचंद्रजीनेदं शानं स्वयंम्वन्याख्यं
सपर्यायं कृतं ॥ -(com.) fol. 18' अवतंसकं कर्णसूषणं तल्लातीति नयभक्त्यवतंसकलं २ तवसतं सकलं समस्तं समंतभद्रं समंता भद्रं निर्वाधत्वेन सर्वतः शोभनं समंताद
बा भद्राणि कल्याणानि यस्य यस्माद वा मध्यानां तत् तथोक्तं N. B.-- For additional information see No. 701.
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