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PRÅKRIT & APABHRAMSA WORKS
1. PĀSA CARIU :
Pasa Cariu was written by Kavi Devacanḍra who appears to be a poet of 11th or 12th Century. It deals with the life of Parśva Nātha, the 23rd Tirthankara. The poet calls it Mahakavya. There are eleven sandhis in the work which have 202 Kadvakas. In the first portion of the work, the life of Pārśvanātha and in the later portion of the work, his previous lives have been described.
BEGINNING :
The writer of this work was the pupil of Vasavacandra who was in the Bhatta laka line of Sri Kirti, Deva Kirti, Madhavacandra, Abhayanandi, Vasavacandra and Devacandra.
The manuscript of the work is preserved in the Sastra Bhandar of Nagaur. 2 GURU PARIVADI OR PATTAVALI :
This is a Pattaval of Khartaragaccha, a Swetambara Sect. Apabhramsa by Palha Kavi It has 10 Kadis, a kind of metre. available in the collection of Grantha Bhandar of Jaisalmer end of the manuscript is as follows --
जिरण दिट्ठइ श्रारणदु चडई, श्रइ रहसु चउग्गुणु ।
जिr faos as हडइ पाउ तर निम्मलु हुइ पुगु ।
जिरण दिट्ठइ सुहु होइ कट्टु पुव्वुक्किउ नासइ ।
जिए दिट्ठइ हुइ रिद्धि दूरि दारिदु गासइ ।
जिरा दिट्ठइ हुइ सुइ धम्ममइ श्रखहहु काइ उइकखहु ।
It was written in The manuscript is The beginning and
पहु नवकरिण मडिउ पासजिरणु अजयमेरि कि न पिवखहु ||
END
वक्खाणियइ त परमतत्त जिरण पणासइ ।
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आराहियइ त वीरनाहु कइ पल्हू पयासइ ||
धम्मु त दयसंजुत जेरण वर गइ पाविज्जइ ।
चाउ न प्रणवडियउ जु वहिणु सलहिज्जइ || जइ ठाउ त उत्तिमु मुरिणवरह वि पवर वसहि हो चउर नर
तिम सुगुरु सिरोमणि सूरिवर खरतर सिरि जिरगदत्त वर ||१०||
ॐ शुभ
इति श्री पट्टावली । सवत् १९७१ वर्षे पत्तनमहानगरे श्री जयसिहदेव विजयराज्ये श्री खरतरगच्छे योगीन्द्रयुगप्रधान वसतिवासिनां श्रीजिनदत्तसूरीणा शिष्येण ब्रह्मचन्द्रगणिना लिखिता । भवतु । श्रीमत्पार्श्वनाथायनमः ।
