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Jaina Literature and Philosophy [173. गजसिंहभूपचरित्र
Gajasimhabhūpacaritra No. 173
718.
1875-76. Size.- 114 in. by 6 in.
Extent.-- 26 folios ; 12 lines to a page ; 38 lettets to a line. s Description.-- Country paper thick, tough and white ; Jaina Deva.
någari characters; big, quite legible, uniforin and very good hand-writing ; borders ruled in two lines in red ink; white pigment used for making letters illegible ; foll.
numbered in both the margins ; fol. 1' blank; so is the 10
fol. 266; condition very good ; complete ; the last verse is
numbered as 421 ; composed in Samvat 1556. Age.-- Not modern. Author.- INemikunjara. Subject.- A Gujarāti poem describing the life of King Gajasimha.
It points out the importance of sila. Begins.- fol. 10 ॥ ० ॥ श्रीजिनाय नमः ॥ ॥
पास जिणेसर पय ननी । तेवीसमउं जिणंद सेव्यउ पुष संपति दियह । पणमई सर नर इंद ॥१॥ 'कासमीर' मुखमंडणी । समरिय सर(सति माय । सील तणउ फल वर्णवओं । गावउं गजसिंघराय ॥२॥ नव रस मनरंगि वर्णवउं । शास्त्र माहि जे होइ।
वीरकथा रसि धर्णओ । ते निसुणउ सहु कोइ ॥ ३ ॥ etc. Ends.- fol. 26
गजसिंह भूप तणउ चरी । मई कसि( हि? )यउ संखेवि । भणइ. गुणइंजे सांभलई । मुख संपति लहहं तेय ॥१९॥ चउपई ॥ सुदगुरु तणी नाम ५ मनिं धरी॥
बोलइ श्रीगजसिंहनउ चरी ।।
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1 Soo Jaina Gūrjara Kavio (Vol. III, Pt. 1, p. 524 ).
