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172 Jaina Literature and Philosophy
[781 श्रीमतीकथा
Śrimatikatha
- 1321(a) No. 781
1886-92 Size - 101 in. by 4g in. Extent-31 folios%3; 7 lines to a page: 36 letters to a line.
Description - Country paper thin, tough and white; Jaina Devanāgari
characters%3; this MSS. contains the text and its interlinear Tabbā; the former witten in big, quite legible, uniform and very good hand-writing ; practically same is the case with the Tabbā except that it is written in smaller hand writing; borders ruled in two lines in red ink; red chalk used; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; foll. 1a and 310 blank; strips of paper pasted to fol. 1a; condition on the whole good; complete; this work ends on fol. 6a ; this MS. contains in addition the following works :
(1) शिवकुमारकथा टब्बा सहित No. foll. 6a to 10b (2) जिनदासकथा
" , 10a to 130 — (3) चण्डपिङ्गलकथा , , , 13b to 170 (4) हुण्डककथा
, , 17b to 210 (5) राजसिंहकुमारकथा
" , 21a to 31a Age - Not modern.
Author-Unknown.
Subject -A story of Srimati, a Sravika. It points out the efficacy of
the 'Navakāra' mantra.
Begins - fol. 10
॥६०॥ श्रीगुरुभ्यो नमः॥ नवकारइक्वक्खरण पावं फेडेई सत्ताइराण पमासंचपएणं पणसह सागरसमग्गेणं १ fol. 10॥ ६०॥ ऐं नमः
नवकार मंत्रना ध्यानना महिमा उपरि कथा etc. Ends ( Text)- fol. 5b .
गुरुदत्ताम्ताययोगेन भावनाया समन्वितः पंचपरमेष्टि मंत्रं माराधयति तत्सुधा ५५
