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Jaina Literature and Philosophy [302 Subject.- Stories told by Lord Śäntinātha to king Cakrāyudha.
The work starts by describing the 12 parçadas of a sama.. vasarana. This is followed by गुणधर्म-कन पती-कथा and नाग
दत्तकथा, the first illustrating the penalties to be paid by one having undue attachment to objects of sense and the latter
by one yielding to passions, etc. Begins.- fol. I ॥ ६॥ अथ द्वादशपरिषत्स्वरूपं कथ्यते ।
. प्रथमवप्रमध्ये पूर्वदिशितो प्रविश्य आज्ञेयकूणे । पूर्व साधुसमा ततः
साध्वीसभा तत्पृष्ठे वैमानिकदेवांगनासभा तथा दक्षिणतो(तः) प्रविश्य etc. 10 Ends.- fol. 7° तथा च स देवस्तं नमस्कृत्य स्वस्थानं ययौ । तदनंतरं स मुनिश्चरोनु.
पि कषायसर्पान् शरीरकरंडके संयम्य बहिर्गच्छतो रक्षयामास नागदत्त स मुनिरेवं कषायान विनिर्जित्य सकलकर्मक्षयं कृत्वा कियता कालेन केवलं प्राप्य मोक्षं प्राप्तः । इति श्रीगांधर्वनागदत्तविवहारिणो प्रमादपंचविषये श्रीषद
दशतीर्थकरो श्रीचक्रायुधनृपेण अन इयं कथानकं कथिता । 15 Reference. - This very Ms. along with two more are noted in
Jinaratnakośa ( Vol. I, p. 188 ).
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धर्मदत्तकथा
Dharmadattakatha
_1312. No. 303
1887-91.. Size.— 104 in. by 41 in. Extent. - 16 folios ; 16 lines to a page ; 44 letters to a linc. Description.- Country paper very thin and greyish; Devanagarl
characters; small, legible and good hand-writing ; borders ruled in three lines in red ink ; foll. numbered as usual%3B on every fol. almost in the centre there is a spot in two colours viz, red and yellow; yellow pigment used; edges of
almost every fol. more or less damaged ; condition very ... fair ; complete. Age. - Samvat 1521. Author.- Not known,
