Book Title: Descriptive Catalogue Of Manuscripts Vol 19
Author(s): Hiralal Rasikdas Kapadia
Publisher: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

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________________ 855] The Svetambara Works श्री श्रीजसानीविजियराज्ये चिरंजीवी ॥ श्रीकल्यांणमस्तुः ॥ श्री जय जगदंबे नमः || श्रीरस्तुः ॥ ॥ मुनिज्ञानविजय पठनार्थम् ॥ Reference-For extracts and additional MSS. see Jaina Gurjara Kavio (Vol. I, pp. 261-262). On p. 262 the date of composition of this work is given as V. S. 1646. - 265 सुसढकथा No. 855 Size 10 in. by 43 in. Extent14 folios; 15 lines to a page; 42 letters to a line. Description Country paper thin, tough and greyish; Jaina Devanagari characters; big, quite legible, uniform and good hand-writing; borders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; red chalk used; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; in the centre of the numbered and unnumbered sides as well, there is some space kept blank, so that it forms a design; in the left-hand margins, the title is written as on foll, 16 and 14b in the left-hand margins at 23 af x is written; yellow pigment used for making corrections; a portion from the lefthand margin worm-eaten; condition on the whole tolerably good; complete; the last two lines written in a later hand. Age Samvat 1564. Author Not known. Subject Story of Susadha in Prakrita poetry extracted from Mahānisīha, a cheyasutta. Though he practised penances, they were lacking in yatana (careful attention). The following works may be consulted for comparison of the story : Susadhakathā 1247 1884-87 g in Prakrit verses, anonymous. gan in Prakrit verses, by Devendra Sūri. सुसढचरित्रs anonymous. -34 [J. L. P.]

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