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sadguruń buddhidam natvā vinayad vimalábhidham
svaparātmaprabodhāya stibuko likhyate mayā || 3 || End—śrīmattapăganavibhāsanatapanābhah bhya(bha)vyāśu(su)maha(mad)
hrdayakairavarātraṁra(trara)tnam | āsid gu[ru]r vimalasomaganādhirājah
saundaryadhi(dhai)ryaguņamandalavārirāśiḥ 111 11 gacche tatra viśālasomaguru(a)vaḥ śrīsūrayaḥ samprata(tam) vannita (vartante) mahi(hi)mandale gaņapadaprāpta[pra]
tisthasya(sthäspa)dam | nānāvānyayaha(nmaya)sāgarāmbutarane sabu(dbu)
ddhināyām(navām)citrā(täh) caritrācaranena duşkaratapah(päh)
sristhūlabhadropamä[h] || 2 || tadgacche'bhūt kriyāpatra[m] vidvaja (ija) nasiromantnih) śrīmadvisnayavi]mala[h] panditaḥ panditägraņi[h] ||3||| tatśi(tacchi) syasevaka sādhu (?) sådhu[r]dhanavimalah
satah ! prajñāpamāsga(khga) sutrasga cũrtảm cakre
manoharā[m] || 4 11 From the colophon we gather that this Tabo has been composed by Dhanavimalaji, a pupil of Vinayavimalaji who flourished in the Gaccha of Somavimalasuri (1591-1633 V.S.). The manuscript does not mention the year of composition. But the date of Somavimalasuri is fixed. On its basis we can legitimately assign it to the later half of 17th century V.S.
Another manuscript of this work is available in Muni Shri Punyavijayaji's collection preserved in Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Vidyamandir. It is numbered 2329. It has been written in 1920 V.S. The entire colophon which we find in the abovementioned manuscript is absent here. Moreover, the third verse (Beginning) in which the author has offered salutation to Vinayavimalaji, his spiritual teacher, is also not found in this manuscript. But the first two verses (Beginning) do occur in this manuscript also. This means that though this manuscript is not the verbatim copy of Dhanavimalaji's Tabo, it is nothing but the copy of Dhanavimalaji's Tabo.
(8) Țabo (Bãlāvabodha) by Jivavijaya Jinaratnakoşa notes that the manuscripts of this work are available. Again, it gives the date of its composition. It is 1784 P.28
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