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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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गीतवीतरागप्रबन्धः It has only 24 Prabandhas. It is dated Saka 1801 (+78), i.e.,A.D. 1879.
M: A Devanagarī transcript of the text of GV from a palm-leaf Ms. (dated Saka 1680, i.e., A. D. 1758), No. 2721, from the Oriental Library, Mysore. It records some variant readings noted perhaps from another Ms. there, No. 1025. This transcript was sent to me in 1938 by my friend Shri N. Anantarangachar, M. A., Mysore. It has an opening Mangala verse like this:
वन्दित्वा श्रीवृषभाधीशं वृषभं वृषभध्वजम् ।
सद्गीतवीतरागाख्यग्रन्थव्याख्यां प्रचक्ष्महे ॥ Its concluding colophon runs thus :
इति श्रीमदभिनवचारुकीर्तिपण्डिताचार्यवर्यस्य कृती (प्रणीत) गीतवीतरागाभिधानाष्टपदीव्याख्यानं समाप्तम् ।
This possibly indicates that originally the text is copied out from a Ms. containing a Sanskrit commentary.
Then the copyist gives some details about himself thus :
स्वस्ति श्रीविजयाभ्युदयशालिवाहनशकवर्ष १६७० एतत्संख्यातपरिमितश्रीबहुधान्यसंवत्सरज्येष्ठबहुळ २ गुरुवारे श्री-हासन-पुरे सकलदुरितहर-श्रीपार्श्वनाथ-जिननिकटे श्रीमदभिनवचारुकीर्तिपण्डिताचार्यप्रणीतश्रीगीतवीतरागाभिधानप्रबन्धं परितोषेण श्रीबण्डिगेरे गवुडर मग नागण्णन पुस्तकक्के भद्रं भूयात् ।
Lately I was able to inspect personally both the palm-leaf Mss. from Mysore (Nos. 1025 and 2721 ) referred to under M. Some details may be noted here. The Ms. No. 1025 is a bundle of palm-leaves of different sizes. It contains works like the Astapadi, i.e., Gita
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