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JNĀNĀRŅAVA
Measuring from the photostat copy, the length of the palm-leaf varies from 32 to 34 cms. and the breadth 2 to 6 cms. The ends of the folios are broken here and there. The central hole intended for the string has also become wide. The total number of folios is 207. Nos. 1 to 207 are written on one side only. The written matter on each folio is divided into two columns, one on the left side and one on the right side of the central hole. There is broad margin at both the ends. In the centre also 2.5 cms. space is left. The marginal lines are three both at the centre and at the ends. The numbers of the folios are put on one side of the folio at both the ends of the margin on coloured spot. The number of lines on each page varies from 2 to 5 depending on the available breadth of the palm-leaf. The maximum space in which is used by the copiest. The number of letters in a line on full page varies from 45 to 53. The manuscript is written in Nagart characters in a careful manner. The hand writing is uniformed. The letters are squarish. The Padimatras are uniformaly used. The Anuswära at the top of the first line of the folio is conspicuously big like a spacious zero.
As a rule Anuswár is used for Parasavarna and also at the end of a Pada for M. Letters C & V,V & B, Kș & khy, Dy & Jy, Tr & Tri are mutually confused. Sometimes ri is written for f, visarga followed by s is often shown as double ss. In some places kim + n-Kinn, + TE = fata, pia:, 197: are seen. When r is a first member of a letter the letter is doubled. The verses or the chapters are not numbered. Only in one place there are 1 to 66 numbers for verses from verse No. 1288 ( in our printed text ) onwards.
This MS. has carefully read by anybody and acceptable corrections are made. There are some notes on the margin and some additions and corrections also are there in some of the verses added on the margin. The older form of I (,) is found in the addition. This indicates that this MS. is chacked with the help of a pretty old MS. The sign of Kāka pada is sometimes shown to indicate the splitting of Sandhi. Quotations are indicated by Uktam ch at the beginning and iti at the end. The change over the different meter is marked by a symbol which looks like th or chh with double Daņda on both the sides. Apparently folio No. 45 (a) is not tressed in this photo-state-set. So the result is there is a gap of 9 verses (Verse No. 496 to 504 in our printed text. ) Instead of that however one page of folio No. 49 is found twice.
The MS. opens thus : ६०॥ उं नमो वीतरागाय ॥ ज्ञानलक्ष्मीघना etc. and ends thus : अस्यां sítmgui hal etc. printed at the end of the printed text.
The present MS. is written in Samvat 1284 (-57 = 1227 A. D.) by Kesharisuta Visal for one Sahasrakīrti who is styled Rajakul (Bhattarak ?) of Digambar at Gomandal i. e. Gondal. This copy is obviously written from another MS. or a successor of it, which was presented to Subhacandra who is called Yogin and described as a learned ascetic by Jähiņi. This Jāhini had taken renunciation in her youth, much against the wish of her relatives and had practiced a severe penance and was well-known for religious, virtueous and pious austerity. She was
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