Descriptive Catalogue Of Manuscripts Vol 19

Author(s): Hiralal Rasikdas Kapadia
Publisher: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

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Preface
the earth, vimana the liberated souls, the Jaina doctrine, a sea with a heap of jewels and the like.'
I shall here mention the page-numbers of such works so far as this Part I is concerned. They are:
5s (the Sun, the Moon, a sea and Meru ), 178 ( the earth in a lotus ), 268 ( Meru, the earth, the Sun and the Moon ), 280 (Himālaya ), 318 (Meru, the pole star, stars, the Sun & the Moon ), 328 ( Meru ), 331 ( Meru ), 337 ( the Sun & the Moon ), 3531 Meru, a sea having a heap of jewels ), 360 ( Meru, a celestial viniāna, the liberated sculs & the Jaina doctrine ), 424 ( the Sun, the Moon etc.), 428 ( Meru, the Moon & the Sun ), 431 ( Meru, the earth, the Moon & the Sun) and 434 ( the Moon, the Sun &
Stars !
On p. 204 it is said that the regime of Jina ( Tirthankara ) may remain victorious till Meru shines. On p. 218 a similar desire is expressed for Jainism and on p. 390 for the Jaina church.
Amongst the non-Jaina authors Śivāditya ( c. 950 A. D.) has concluded his Saptapadartht as under:
“RAPIT UT DITT TIIT ACA UTIUTI: 1
arad #tartetuar arasklistaft II”. Assurance of fructification - This is designated as 'phalaśruti'in Gujarāti. Some of the Jaina authors while concluding their work have asserted that one would get a particular benefit by reading, reciting, studying or hearing his work. For details the follow" ing pages of this Part I may be consulted :
9 (fara Te & #r), 15(EF), 21 ( ), 57 (HR), 58 (ÄSTJALI ), 83 (AIA), ros (gife!, 217 ( ATT ), 222 ( gratiari, FEITE & THIE), 228 (77A), 237 ( 57980#IT, 5= &#82), 267 (EE) 273 ( ATTAISI ), 299 ( 39STATA ), 303 ( HNGRIJI), 305 (ANTATTI
1 At times such a desire is expressed by scribes for the Mss. written by
thom. Vide pp. 229, 283, 284 and 428. 2 For quotations etc. the reader may refer to my article " AT A TT
STO" published in “ Jasna Dharma Prakasa" (Vol. 81, No. 5).