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Three lines, which are difficult to decipher, are written in different ink, in the centre of the margin at the top on page 2b. They are, probably, in Gujarati language. At the end of the text . farfa is written in different ink and probably by a different hand.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
The colophon gives the date of writing the Mss. as V. S. Magha, Sukla 6, 1751.
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The scribe of this Mss. appears to be just ordinary and not too careful.
(2) LD 1: This refers to the manuscript bearing no. 5166 of The Punyavijayaji Collection at The Lalabhai Dalapatabhai Bhāratiya Samskrti Vidyamandira, Ahmedabad.
The manuscript consists of a single folio, of the size 10"X4".
The paper of the manuscript is thin, country-made and slightly yellowish grey. The edges of the folio are worn out a little. The condition of the manuscript is fairly good. The borders of the text on the left and right side are marked by two vertical lines in black ink.
The folio has 25 lines on both the sides. Each line has 60-64 letters. Vss. 30-34 are written, in different ink and probably by a different hand, in the margin on the left hand and are continued in the margin at the bottom of the folio la. At the end of this addition, some word which is difficult to decipher, is added.
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The text is written in Jaina Devanagari characters. The handwriting is small, legible and uniform. The headings and the colophons of different topics and the numbers of the verses (with a few exceptions) are marked with saffron-coloured pigment. The danda marks are not written.
Folio la ends with the first letter of the v. 36.
The colophon gives the date of writing the Mss. as V.S. Māgha, Śukla 1762.
The scribe of this manuscript appears to be just an ordinary
(3) LD 2: This refers to the manuscript bearing no. 7373 of The Punyavijayaji collection at The Lalabhai Dalapatabhāī Bhāratiya Samskṛti Vidyamandira, Ahmedabad.
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The manuscript consists of 3 folios, each of the size of 10"x4". The paper of the manuscript is thin, country-made and yellowish white. The edges of all the folios in the manuscript are slightly worn out. The border on the left side of the folio 3 is fairly damaged; consequently the table written in the margin on folio 36 is mutilated. The condition of the manuscript is good. The edges of the folios on the left and right borders are ruled by a single