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The Svetambara Works
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Extent-29 folios ; 10 lines to a page; 42 letters to a line. Description - Country paper somewhat thick, tough and white; Jaina
Devanagari characters%3; big, quite legible, uniform and good hand-writing; borders not ruled; red chalk used; foll. num. bered in both the margins%3edges of the last fol. partly gone%3B condition on the whole good; complete ; 555 verses; 11 cantos in all. The extent of each of them is as under: Canto
I foll. 1a to 30 II
30 to 60
6bto 9a IV
9a to 110 110 to 14a
14a to 160 VII
16b to 194 19a to 216 216 to 24a 24a to 27a
27a to 290 Age - Not modern. Author-Arisimha Suri. The author of 4 verses at the end of each
of the 11 cantos is Venikpana' Amaracandra. For his life and works see my introduction to Padmānanda-mahakavya.
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VII
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Subject - Eulogy of the good deeds of Vastupāla in Sanskrit. This
work commences with the description of Cāpotkața (Cāvadā) genealogy.
Begins — fol. la
श्रीसर्वज्ञाय नमः ॥ श्रीवेश्मविस्मयमयप्रबलप्रताप'श्रापोत्कटा'न्वयवनैकहरिनरेंद्रः। भासीदऽसीमचरितः परितप्तशत्रुमलार्पिता हि नलिनो वनराजदेव ॥१॥ यत्खड्गखंडितविरोधिशिरोधिरक्तश्रोतश्विनीभिरुदधिविदधे सरागः । येनाधुना(5)प्यरुणतां भजतस्तदंकसंपर्कतोऽर्कशशिनावुदयक्षणेषु ॥ २ ॥ etc.
