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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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The present MS runs from the beginning of the 7th chapter to the end of the 25th.
Post-colophon Statement:
संवत् १८०...
6250.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
8666A.
Mantramahodadhi.
Substance, country-made paper. (1) 12 x 7 inches, (2) 12 x 7 inches, (3) 13 x 6 inches. Folia, (1) 1-5, (2) 1-52, (3) 39-87. Lines, (1) 15 on a page, (2) 16 on a page in Fol. 1-4, the remaining portion is written in a tripatha form, (3) 15 on a page. Extent in slokas, (1) 140, (3) 2,215. Character, Nagara. Appearance, (1) old, (2) fresh, except for a portion (Fol. 1-4) which is old, (3) old. Complete.
The MS contains respectively in its three sets of folia :(1) Commentary called naukā on chapter I and 119 verses of chapter II.
(2) Text alone of verses 1-115 of chapter I (in Fol. 1-4) and text accompanied by the commentary nauka on the portion I. 116-XII. 16.
(3) Text of the portion beginning from XII. 17 and running to the end of chapter XXV.
The following additional items are also found in the present MS:
(1) One leaf containing directions on the worship to be performed at the beginning of a regular course of recitation of the Mahabharata.
(2) Three sheets containing diagrams of लघुसर्वतोभद्रमण्डल, सर्वतोभद्रमण्डल, महागणपतियन्त्र, त्वरितायन्त्र, विन्ध्यवासिनौयन्त्र, गोपालयन्त्र, रामयन्त्र and त्रिपुरायन्त्र and two un-named
as.
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