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Jasna Grantha Bhandārs in Rajasthan.
10. SAMBHAVA JINA CARIU :
This is an Apabhramsa work written by Tejapāla. The work describes the life of Sambhavanatha, the third Tirthankara, The work was composed on the request of Srāvaka Thila who was an Agrawal Jaina.
The work is divided into five Adhikäras. In the beginning of the work, full account of his teacher Guna Kirti, his patron and himself is given. The manuscript was discovered in the Sāstra Bhandar of Jaina temple Diwāni, Jaipur. It contains 62 folios. After 'manglacarana the pset gives the description of his teacher in the following lines:
पुग्णु पणवेमि मुणि तवनेय चारु, विर चरिय कम्म दुक्खावहारु । मुणि सहसकित्ति धम्माणुवट्टि, गुण कीत्ति गुणायरु ताह पट्टि ।। तहो सीसु सेय लछी रिणवासु, जसकित्ति जिणायम पह-पयाम् । तहो पट्टि महामुणि मलयकित्ति, उद्धरिय जेरण चारित्त विनि ।। तहो सीसू णमसमि यसिरेण, परमपप्पउ साइउ पवर जेण । दो पढम झारण दूरीकएण, तो झारणहि णियमणु दिरण णु जेरण ।। गुरगमद्द, महामइ महमुखीमु, जिण सव्वहो मडणु पचमीम् ।
जो केवि भव्व कंदोट्ट चद, परणवेप्पिर तह अवर वि मुनिद ।। 11. PINGAL CATORSITI ROPAKA .--
This is also a work on Prakrit metres and has been discovered in a gutuhá of Pandya Lünkaranjı. The name of the author is not given in the work but it appears that it was composed when Prikrit and Apabhramsa were popular. It describes or defines 84 metres, the names of which are as follows :
(1) Sada 12) Dandika (3). Gahini (4) Gaha (5) Viggāhā (6) Sinhani (7) Uggaha (8) Khandhana (9) Vatthuvā (10) Doha
(11) Gandhana (12) Dacchitha (13. Roda (14) Lila (15) Rangikka (16) Vrijumālā (17) Caupaiya (18) Pahumavati (19) Rivamala (20) Ghatta
(21) Gitika (22) Dilla (23) Paddhadi (24) Adialla (25) Madilla (26) Vathu (27) Vahratthu (28) Jhamilla (29) Gayanandu (30) Payangam
