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406 Dr. Charlotte Krause: Her Life & Literature
last page, left blank by the copyist, is filled with meaningless scribblings from later hands.
To the best of my knowledge, the hymn has never been printed nor cited before, nor does there seem to exist any further manuscript of the same.
References
1. Loc. cit. Sthana 1, st. 26.
2. Jaina-stotra-sandoha, I, p. 109 ( 'Varäīammi' must be corrected there to 'Varaiammi' ).
3. Singhi Jaina Series 13, p. 42, st. 27-28; the stanza is not located. 4. Uddeso 20 and 21 on p. 96ff. and p. 104ff. of H. Jacobi's edition, published by the Jaina-dharma-prasāraka-sabhā, Bhavnagar; 1914 (the work is believed to be composed at the beginning of the Christian era ).
5. Parvan VI, Sarga 7, st. 1 ff. (edited by the J. D. P. S., Bhavnagar, 1903-13 ).
6. Singhī Jaina Series 10, p. 20, line 12.
7. A modern 'Munisuvrata Svāmī Caritra' in Gujarati, by M. T. Jhaveri, Thana, V.S. 1998, written with a devotional outlook, does not make attempts in that direction, though it contains some bibliographical hints.
8. Sūtra 157, st. 13 (p. 151 a) in the case of other Tīrthankaras too, the generally followed tradition does not agree with this sūtra regarding the pre-existence names.
9. 'Pañca-Pratikramaṇa-Sūtra', Jaina Atmānanda Sabha, Bhavnagar, V.S. 1982, p. 26 ff.
10. Mahendra Sūri, Aṣṭottarī-Tīrthamālā, st. 80, V.T.K., p. 21. 11. Here and in the following, this word is used in the ordinary sense of 'place of pilgrimage'.
12. This is the popular explanation !
13. Some of the more important sources, also for the history of the
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