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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
Extent-29 folios; 17 lines to a page; 52 letters to a line. Description-Country paper thin, tough and grey; Jaina Devanagari characters; small, quite legible, uniform and very good handwriting; borders ruled in two lines and edges in one, in red ink; red chalk used; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; fol. 1a blank; yellow pigment used for making corrections; condition very good; complete; nine cantos in all; the extent of each of them is as under:
Canto
foll.
236
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IV
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VI
VII
VIII
IX
Composed in 1769 V. S.
Kaumudi, a Prakrit work, quoted on fol. 15a.
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Ends fol, 296
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Age - Pretty old.
Author
Begins - fol. 16
Subject A story of Sukumāla.
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16 to 3b
36 to 76
39
Amaravijaya, pupil of Vijayaraja (?) Sūri of the Tapă. gaccha. Is he the author of Parsvanathastuti ?
76 to 11a
11a to 14b
146 to 17a
17a to 18b
186 to 22a
22a to 26b
266 to 296
॥ श्रीपरमात्मने नमः ॥ अथ श्रीसुकुमालचरित्र लिख्यते दूहा ।
ॐ नम सिकौ ध्यान घरि उरपुरमै नितमेव सिधसाधक साधू जयै सब देवनकौ देव १
प्रणमुं पंचेइष्टवर रिद्ध सिद्ध दातार विधनहरन मंगलकरण भवजीवनहितकार २ etc.
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गुरुपदपंकज नमत सदाई अमरविजै सुष दाई जी राश यौ गुरुदेवसाई चढती दौलत पाई जी ११ जि०