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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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कष्टो ग्रंथो मतिरनिपुणा संप्रदायो न तादृक् ' शास्त्रं तंत्रांतरमतगतं सन्निधौ नो तथापि । स्वस्य स्मृत्यै परहितकृते चात्मवोधानुरूपं
मा गामागःपदमहमिह व्यापृतश्चित्तशुद्ध्या ।। 22. Chaulukyavamsa Dvyasrayamahakavya [चालुक्यवंशद्वयाश्रयमहाकाव्यम्] by HEMACHANDRA, in 20 Sargas; with marginal notes. Stated to contain 2,828 Granthas.
The last leaf is numbered 183, but the actual number of leaves is 189, three leaves having been numbered 93, and two each 94, 95, 96 and 97. The leaves in the beginning are broken and are sticking together. All the leaves are numbered only with the ordinary numeral figures on the left hand side.
Size of leaves 16 X 24 inches. Lines on a page 5 to 6.
Aksharas in a line 55 to 6o. No date. The writing on the first 65 leaves appears older than that on the following leaves.
Sarga I (201 verses) ends on Fol. 140; II (110 vv.) on 24a ; III (160 vv.) on 35a ; IV (94 vv.) on 430; V (142 vv.) on 55a3; VI (107 vv.) on 65b: VII (142 vv.) on 74a; VIII (125 vv.) on 84a; IX (172 vv.) on 94, 2b; X (9o vv.) on Ioob ; XI (118 vv.) on 109b; XIE (81 vv.) on 1176; XIII (110 vv.) on 1246; XIV (74 vv.) on I30b; XV (124 vv.) on 139a; XVI (97 vv.) on 147b ; XVII (138 vv.) on 1556; XVIII (1o6 vv.) on 1656; XIX (137 vv.) on 1746; XX (102 vv.) on 183a. Begins :
अहमित्यक्षरं ब्रह्म वाचकं परमेष्ठिनः । Ends :
आयुष्मान्भव भूपता३इ अजय३: शान्त्या३ सुवुद्धा३दृषी३न् जिष्णा३वूर्जतादें ४दवे जय चिरं चौ४लुक्यचूडामणे ।
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