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THE ITERHOF
[ My friend Mr. Maganlal Mulchand Shah, the pres H on. Seoretary of Shree Atmananda Centenary Commemoration mittee - was pleased to supply me with specimens of translation of neories
from Kumarpala-pratibodha by the above scholar Mr. Katwardhan from London, recommending that if the same be approved may be entrusted by any Jaina literary institution with the ul translating some Jaina work of importance into English. They bould not fructify but those specimens remained with me. Out them one story is given here. It shows mistakes are committed by depois ignorant of Jaina Stories & technical words. I have had haul it. The original book-Kumara pala-pratibodha was compell by Somaprabha Suri in Samvat year 1241 and is public in the Gaikrar oriental series No. 14 as edited by Muni Jinave from an old palm-manuscript aith great care & erudition. She given therein are important for comparative study, hence the be is worth English translation - EDITOR. ]
One who gives alms to Sadhus of pure austerity and controlled by rules, and who are abodes of Character, as it were, will be hapyy, as was Dhannya.
It is thus:
There was a city, by name Pratistha, beautiful by reason of its spacious lakes, wells and rivers. Its temples kissed the sky, and seemed as if they were the mansions of the gods. The king was Jitashatru, endowed with merits, foremost among which were justice, valour and skill in archery. Shatabdi Granth 7
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