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laina Grantha Bhandārs in Räjästhān.
There were also some rigid principles of writing the manuscripts and the writer had to follow them. How long the letters should be and of which size, where the letters should be curved and where they are required to be written in straight way:
अक्षराणि ममशीर्षारिण, वतुं लानि धनानि च । परस्परमलग्नानि, यो लिखेत् स हि लेखकः ॥ समानि समशीर्षारिण, वर्तुलानि धनानि च । मात्रासु प्रतिवद्धानि, यो जानाति स लेखक ॥ शीर्षोपेतान् सुसपूर्णान् शुभश्र णिगतान् समान् । अक्षरान् वै लिखेद् यस्तु, लेखक. स वर स्मृत' ।।
QUALIFICATION OF COPYISTS
Every layman was not allowed to write or copy out the manuscripts. The writer should have been familiar with the Alphabets of every state and an expert in all the languages. He should be genius, good in talking, sensible, and having control over his INDRIYAS,
सर्व देशाक्षराभिज्ञ सर्वभाषाविशारद । लेखक कथितो राज्ञ सर्वाधिकरणेषु वे || १ || मेधावी, वाक्पटुर्धी, लघुहस्तो जितेन्द्रियः, परशास्त्रपरिज्ञाता एवं लेखक उच्यते ||२॥
The winter should possess the various instruments of writing been described in the following stanza
कुपी १ कज्जल २ देश ३ कम्बलमहो ४ मध्येच शुभ्र कुश ५,
काबी ६, कल्म ७, कृपाणिका ८, कतरणी ६, काष्ठ १० तथा कागलम् ११ । कीकी १२, कोटरि १३, कल्मदान १४, क्रमणे १५, कट्टि १६ स्तथा काकरो १७, एतै रम्यककाक्षरैश्च सहित शास्त्र च नित्य लिखेत् ॥ १॥
HANDLING THE MANUSCRIPTS
These have
In the end of the manuscripts, the writer writes some advice for the readers. He requests the readers to handle the manuscript properly as with great difficulty the manuscript was written They also used to write that they have done only true copy
1. Bhartiya Jaina Sramāna Sanskriti Ane Lekhankala P. 48
