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legible, uniform and good hand-writingborders ruled in two pairs of lines in black ink; dağdas and numbers for some verses written in red ink; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin: fol. 1a blank; in the centre of the numbered and unnumbered sides as well, there is some space kept blank so that it forms a design; yellow pigment used for making corrections; some of the foll. slightly worm-eaten; condition on the whole
tolerably good; complete; composed in Samvat 1593. Age - Pretty old. Author - Brabma (Vinayadeva Sūri), pupil of Pārsvacandra Sūri.
For his life and additional works see Jaina Gurjara Ravio
(Vol. I, pp. 156-158 and Vol. III, pt. 1, pp. 606-613). Subject-Story of Susadha. This occurs in Mahanisiha etc. Begins - fol. 10 ए॥६० ॥१
सुषकर श्रीजिनशासनराय । वीर जिकिदह प्रणमउ पाय । श्रीगुरुचरणई नामी सीस ।
सुसढकथा भाषिवा जगीस । १ etc. Ends — fol. 152
चउथ छट्ठ मास क्खमण । प्रमुख सयल तपसार । जिन भान्यासउ आचरउ जिम पामउ भवपार । ५० । श्रीपासचंदसूरिंदवर । चरणयुगल पणामवि । ब्रह्मशिष्यि ए वर्णव्यउ । सुसढचरित्र संखेवि । ५१ । महानिशीथई एहनु छई संबंध विचार । मपर ग्रंथि दीठउ जि वलि तिहथी ए उद्धार । ५२ । भुवनग्रहशरचंद (१५९३ १) मितवरसि काउ धरि रंग ।
भणउ गुणउ मंगलकरण जिम हुइ सुख अभंग ॥ २५३ ॥ इति सुसढचरित्रवर्णनप्रबंधः ॥ छ ॥ श्रीरस्तु ॥ छ ॥ शुभं भवतु ॥ छ॥श्रीः॥छ।। श्री॥
पो. ६८ प्र. १९ ग। दीप्तिविजयस्य Reference - For extracts and additional MSS. see Jaina Gurjara
Kavio (Vol. III, Pt. 1, p. 606).
