Antagadadasao and Anuttarovavaidasao

Author(s): Madhusudan Modi
Publisher: Gurjar Granth Ratna Karyalay

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Mss. spell this expression most wrongly as afterefug, FreTefag etc (See. Text of suso P... 72. foot. note.14); of source and saferer, it. is most difficult to settle which is correct though अभयदेव's leaning seems to be towards अज्झत्थिय [ =847TFAF: a rare use as meaning 'inner' ) (See. sniega's Com. P. 90; also see Notes P. 103); great and ghee (See. Notes P. 101. See.. Text of ago P. 67. foot-note. 3.) aray, allfare, gfery-it is difficult to decide the original root in this case (See. Notes. P. 107); teigter or Tretfeet (See. Notes P. 99) etc. These instances show what damage is done to the scriptures by time, neglect and the inaccuracies of scribes.
I have not touched upon the question of a coming between two vowels (like u sfa) in the Mss. All the Mss. bear this trend. The vowels and 3 often are found carelessly written as Ę and at. The oft-repeated long passages sometime lead a scribe to forget a link and fall into a mistake or mistakes.
sreda is not helpful at all times to settle the texts in crucial cases, though of course his commentaries are useful as they can give a clue to us of the coudition of scriptural text in the 12th Cent, and thereabout. In the colophons of ma