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forms and expressions, the extent of the reliability of the Mss. are not trivial. The text of Antagadadasao is based upon four Mss. and one printed edition [ Āgamodaya Samiti. Ed.] I received three Mss. from Patan through the kind offices of Mahārāja Shri Punyavijayaji and one Ms. from Bhavanagar. I have styled them as A. B. C. [ three Mss. of Fatan ] D. [ the Bhavanagar MS.] E. [Āgnodaya Samiti Ed.] while noting the readings belo, the text. The palmleaf Mss. of the Jain Canon written in the 13th century of Vikrama Era are available in the Mss. collections of the strongholds of Jainism like Patan and Cambay. But due to the want of sufficient time, I have not been able to use them though they alone would have been the earliest Mss, material, and therefore very useful. All Mss. that I have used are paper Mss, not earlier than the 15th century of Vikrania Era. The general features of the Mss. used, are given below.
Ms. A. (Patan) belongs to the Mss. collection in possession of Shrimad Hemchandracharya Jain Sabha; box ( Dābala) No. I. Ms. No. 19. 134x5 in. It is a very beautiful Ms, and has on its first page a painting in gold, blue and red colours, of Kanba Vasudeva with his eight queens before the saint Arit hanemi (Vide. Ant. P. 25
