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Jaina Literature and Philosophy [63. Reference. For additional Mss. see Jaina Gúrjara Kavio (Vol. II,
pp. 423-424 ) and for extracts see my introduction (pp. 18-19 ) to Anekārıharatnamañjūṣā and Jaina Gurjara Kavio ( Vol. III, Pt. II, pp. 1371-1373').
5 उत्तमकुमारचरित
Uttamakumāracarita No. 64
1586.
1891-95. Size.--104 in. by 4; in. Extent.— 43 folios ; 13 lines to a page ; 34 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper somewhat thick, tough and white;
Jaina Devanāgari characters; big, perfectly legible, uniform and beautiful hand-writing ; borders ruled in two lines and edges in one, in red ink; numbers for verses, their dandas, last four lines etc., written in red ink ; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; fol. 1 blank; yellow pigment used while making corrections ; bits of white paper pasted to a few foll. ; condition on the whole good ; complete; the entire work is divided into three adhikāras ; the extent of each of them is as under :Adhikāra I foll. It to fol. 166
11 166 ,, 294
III 29* „ „ 436. Total extent 1260 slokas. Age.- Samvat 1767. Begins. fol. 15 U STATŪTETIT RA:
E' STATT so as etc. as in No. 63. Ends. fol. 436
MUA HATT etc, up to jaagtig * TIA II 868 il as in No. 63. This is followed by the lines as under:--
इति श्रीविनयचंद्रविरचिते । सरस डाल परते सचातुर्यधैर्यसौ(शौर्यगांभीर्यादिगुणगणाम। श्रीमहाराजकुमारचरित्रे। 'निरवाणपदप्ताप्तिसम1 Additional Mss. are noted on this page. Here it is said that Mahārājakumāra-caritra is a mis comer. Is it so?
