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Division. 5 Lesson1. ]. As to the style of painting, I may refer the reader to the publication of the Gujarati Translation of Nayadhammakaha by Pundit Bechardas Jivaraj Dosi where ia the beginning the picture of Meha's harem is given, in the very form and colours as those in the Ms. itself, which belongs to the same group as our Ms. This Ms. does not belong to the group of B. C. as the study of its readings cited below in our text will show. The Ms. contains 19 leaves. The colophon अट्ठम अंगं सम्मत्तं ॥ छ ॥ ग्रंथाप्र ७९० ॥ छ ॥ शुभं भवतु ॥ छ ॥ कल्याणमस्तु ॥ छ ॥ is not any way informative.
Ms. B. 1024x + 12 in Leaves. 22. Lerubhai Vakil's Bhandar, Patan Box No. 4. Ms. No. 19: seems to be the copy of C. looking to the readings and even similarities in faults with C. C. is certainly older than B. The colophon is like that of A. uninformative.
Ms. C. 112 × 51 in. Leaves 19. Lerubhai Vakil's Bhandar, Box. 6. 36. Patan. It has the colophon : ग्रंथाग्रं ७९० । शुभं भवतु ॥ श्रीश्रमणसंघस्स ॥ कल्याणमस्तु । संवत् १५५४ वर्षे शाके १४१९ प्रवर्तमाने प्रतिपदातिथौ चंद्रवारे अद्दिपुरे पं० श्रीसुविद्दतसिरश्चक्रचूडामणिकोविदसाधुरत्न शिष्यतपोरत्नेनतिगडसूत्रमलेखि
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पुस्तकं दृष्ट्वा तादृशं लिखितं मया । यदि शुद्धमशुद्धं या मम दोषो न दीयते ॥ १ ॥
