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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
some extent to the materials used for the Society's edition. About this matter the Society has no detailed evidence.
From the date given in its post-colophon it is, however, evident that at least one same MS. of Raghunatha's commentary was used for both the Benares edition and the one of the Society. Moreover, from the foot-notes in the Society's edition it is evident that, as for the Benares edition, two MSS. were used for the text.
Commentaries
On the covers of the first five fascicles of this edition it was announced that the following commentaries are given, namely of:
(1) Śankara Miśra,
(2) Bhagiratha Thakkura,
(3) Raghunatha Tārkikasiromaņi,
(4) Mathurānātha Tarkavāgīśa, (5) Etc.
The actual state of affairs is as follows:
No. 1 is given complete to the end.
No. 2 (which seems very rare, no MS. being recorded in the Catalog Catalogorum) has been given from an incomplete MS. with occasional smaller or larger lacunæ (as for instance on pages 665 and 831-858 in our edition). It is said to come to a stop on page 877 (see foot-note on that page) though one further extract is nevertheless given on pp. 941-942.
No. 3 is given complete to the end with the exception of any comment on the two concluding verses (the samāptivākyam) following the conclusion of the work itself.
No. 4 is only given up to page 38 of the edition, and is therefore practically absent.
No. 5. No traces are found of any further commentaries.
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