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(Ba) Tlie text of Bhagawatı (Manuscript)
This manuscript belongs to Terapanthi Sabha, Sardar Shabr. It has 478 leaves and 956 pages Each leaf is 107" long and 4" wide There are 13 lines on each leaf and each line contains 38-42 letters The copy has been attractively and artistically prepared. There are three Wawadīs' and red lines in it Hartaľ (orpinient) has been used The concluding eulogy is not given in it and hence the year of script is unknown Estimatedly, it dates back to the 16th century (Ma) Bhagwatı Sutra Text (Manuscript)
This manuscript is from the Gadhaiyā Library, Sardar Shahr. It has 482 leaves and 964 pages Each leaf is 101" long and 41" wide. Each leaf has 13 lines on it and there are 40-45 letters in each line. There are intermittant "Päis' (full stops) in red ink and Wāwadīs (hollow spaces).
The year of the script has not been given in the end but estimatedly it dates back to the 16th century The concluding eulogy reads as follows :
cha || Granthāgram 15775 || cha | cha | 1 cha || Srill éha Sri Kalyānamastu | Subham Bhawatu |cha || Srill Srill cha || cha ||
The script has notes in Sanskrit in many places. (Sa) Bhagwati Sutra (Tripathi)
Known as Kesar Bhagwatı, this manuscript is from the Terapanthi Bhandar, Ladnun. It has 602 leaves and 1204 pages The text is in the middle of the leaf while the 'vritti' has been given obove and below the text. This is a beautiful and sufficiently correct copy. Some reader, taking a printed copy as authentic has used 'Hartal in many places and has tried to correct the text of this manuscript Wherever it has been done so, the correct text has become incorrect. Each leaf of it has 4 to 15 lines of the text on it and each line contains 45-53 letters
The concluding eulogy reads as follows :
Sri Bhagwatı Sütram Sampūrņam || cha || Sri Vivāha Pannatti Panićamam angam Sammattan || Subham Bhavatu || Kalayanamastu. Granthāgram 15675 Ubhaya Milane Gran 34291 | Sri || Likhatayati Dābāmallah Srī Nāgore Madhye Sam. 1848 Māha Su. 15 ||
Wri, (Wripā) Printed
Publisher : Srimati Agamodaya Samiti.
