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translation, which here and there gives the ghatta lines in the original Apabhramsa. The details of this apparatus are given below:
S. This is a paper manuscript deposited in the Sena Gana Bhandara of Karanjā in Berar. The MS, is written in good hand, consists of 78 leaves with 11 lines to a page and about 37 letters to a line, has voluminous notes in the margin in mixed Hindi and Sanskrit. It is dated Wednesday, the auspicious 13th of the dark half of Asvina of 1656 of the Śaka era, or 1790 of the Vikrama era, i. e., 1734 A. D., as can be seen from the following colophon:
शके १६५६ मिति आसो वदि मंगलात्रयोदश्यां बुधवारे श्रीमूलसंघे सूरस्थगणे पुस्करगछे ऋषभसेणगणधरान्वये पारंपर्यागते भट्टारकश्री १०८ सोमसेन तत्पट्टे भट्टारकश्रीजिनसेन तत्पट्टे भट्टारकसमंतभद्र तत्पठ्ठे भट्टारकश्री १०८ छत्रसेन तत्पट्टोदयाद्रिवर्तमान भ० नरेंद्रसेनैलिखितोयं जसोधरचरित्रं संपूर्ण स्वपठनार्थं वा अन्येषां ज्ञानावर्णी कर्मक्षयार्थं श्रीसूरत बंदरे श्रीआदिनाथचैत्यालये सं० १७९०.
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It will be seen from the colophon that the copy was made at Surat and then it travelled to the Karanja temple of the Sena Gana. There is another MS. of this work in the same temple, but it was so old and its condition so delapidated that it could not be safely used. I however consulted it occasionally and found that it generally agrees with the above as regards omission of certain passages for which see below. As the MS. is prepared at Surat, there is no consistency as regards the use of initial n.
T. This is another MS. of the Sena Gana group now deposited in the Terăpanthi Jain Mandir of Bombay. It was secured for my use by the kindness of Pandit Nathuram Premi of Bombay. It seems to be the oldest MS. of the work now extant, as it is dated 1390 of the Vikrama era, i. e., 1333 A. D. It is a paper MS. consisting of 98 leaves with 8 lines to a page and about 30 letters to a line. The colophon runs as follows:
मंगलमस्तु । संवत् १३९० वर्षे आषाढशुद्ध त्रयोदशी भानौ अथेह श्रीमहाराजाधिराजश्रीसुरत्राणमहंमदराज्ये दुर्गामंडपपडिगनामागे (?) पगडीनामनि प्राग्वाटवंशीयसाभावडसंतान मल्लौ पुत्र रामा...
This MS. seems to have been copied from another older MS. The copyist seemed to be unable to read some lines and letters of his original and put dots and dashes where he was not able to decipher them. As T is now nearly 600 years old, its latter part has become considerably worn out and indistinct to read. It is however striking that the readings of T agree with those of S oftener than with those in A and P. I have used T throughout my work.
P. This MS. belongs to the Deccan College Library, now deposited in the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona, and bears No. 1192 of 1891-95. It consists of 84 leaves with 11 lines to a page and about 29 letters to a line. It has the following colophon:
संवत् १६१५ वर्षे भादव सुदि ५ वीसप्तवारे पुष्यनक्षत्रे तोडागढमहादुर्गे महाराजाधिराजराजश्रीकल्याण राज्यप्रवर्तमाने श्रीमूलसंघे नंद्याम्नये बलत्कारगणे सरस्वतीगच्छे श्रीकुंदकुंदाचायेंन्वये भट्टारक श्रीपद्मनंदिदेवास्तत्पट्टे भट्टारकश्रीश्रुतचंद्रदेवास्तत्पट्टे भट्टारकश्रीजिनचंद्र देवास्तत्पट्टे भट्टारकश्रीम......
It will be seen that this MS. is dated Thursday, the 5th of the bright half of Bhadrapada of 1615 of the Vikrama era, i. e., 1558 A. D. It is a carefully prepared paper MS. belonging to the Balātkāra Gaṇa group, and, what is striking is the consistency with which it uses the initial n except in one or two places only. See also under H below.
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