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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[750
शीलदूत
Siladūta
316 No. 750
1871-72 Size - 103 in. by 4g in. Extent - 9 folios; 15 lines to a page; 40 letters to a line. Description - Country paper somewhat thick, tough and white; Jaina
Devanagari characters with frequent पृष्ठमात्राs; big, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; yellow pigment used for making corrections; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin: fol. 1a blank; the last 7 lines on fol. 9b written in red ink%3; in the centre of the numbered and unnumbered sides as well, there is some space kept blank so that it forms a design;
condition very good, complete. Age - Samvat 1701 (?) Author - Upadhyāya Căritrasundara Gaņi, pupil of Ratnasimha Sūri
of the Bșhat Tapā gaccha. Subject - Life of Sthūlabhadra and that of Kośa. This work is a
pādapūrti of Kalidāsa's Meghadūta. Herein the chastity of Sthūlabhadra is praised.
For a discussion in Hindi see Jaina Antiquary (Jaina Bhaskara Vol. II, No. )
For additional MSS. see Jinaratnakosa (Vol. I, p. 384). Begins - fol. 10
ॐ नमः महोपाध्याय श्री ५ श्रीभानुचंद्रगणिगुरुभ्यो नमः भुक्त्वा भोगान् सुभगतिलकः कोशया सार्द्धमिद्धान् धन्यो मान्यो निखिलविदुषां भद्रया स्थूलभद्रः चक्रे श्रुत्वा जनकनिधनं जातसंवेगरंगः
स्निग्धच्छायातरुषु वसतिं रामगिर्याश्रमेषु १ etc. Ends - fol. 9a
शिष्यो मुख्योऽखिलबुधमुदे दक्षमुख्यस्य सूरे श्चारित्रादिर्धरणिवलये सुंदराख्याप्रसिद्धः चक्रे काव्यं सुललितमहो शालदूताभिधानं नंचा तू सद्धि जगति तदिवं स्थूलभद्रस्य कील् ॥ ३०॥
