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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
( 872)
[This is introductory verse No. 8, which follows the first seven verses quoted under No. 5971 above.]
Fol. 2A, A JEETHYEtfa #faga qafa feat7116प्रतिसूरिभिर्याख्यातान्येव तथापि तावता दुर्बोधतरयन्त्रावलीसारं नाल्पज्ञानां
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Though the name of the author is not indicated in this way in the other MS, it refers to other works of the author in terms that clearly point to Premanidhi as its author as well (अस्मत्कृतभक्तितरङ्गिण्यादिग्रन्थादवसेयम्-end of the commentary on Chapter 12, Fol. 104A).
The chief interest of the commentary is historical and not ritualistic. It contains a unique panegyric of 84 verses of the royal patron of the author. The description in it of each Yantra is concluded by a verse describing the author's patron or one of his ancestors, children or relatives referred to as having obtained success through the worship of the Yantra under description. Only the first one of these verses is found in the portions preserved in the other MS (Fol. 123A).
The text of the panegyric together with an account of the author is under publication in the JRASB.
Of the works and authors mentioned in the commentary mention may be made of the following: -
Hetstetfaa (2B), Hatfot (2B, 3B), CE (3A, 7B, 8A, 9B, 13A, 19B, 22A, 23A, 36A, 45A, 47A, 48A, 56B, 60B), P (19B).
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