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A List of Abbreviations
(96) Pet. III. and Pet. III. A. A Third Report
by Dr. Peterson. The collection is known as the Collection of 1884-85. Quoted by serial numbers of the Mss. Pet. III. A. refers to the important Appendix of this Report, containing quotations from Manuscripts in the Sāntinātha Temple at Cambay, in continuation from the Appendix of the First Report. The Appendix also contains quotations from Jain works existing at other Jain Bhandars.
The references to it are by pages. ( 97 ) Pet. IV. and Pet. IV. A. A Fourth Report
by Dr. Peterson. This collection is known as the Collection of 1886-1892. Quoted by serial numbers. This and the next two Reports contain not only an introduction and extracts from Mss., but also a full and very useful index of the Jain authors. References to the
Appendix are by pages. (98) Pet. V. and Pet. V. A. A Fifth Report by Dr.
Peterson. The collection is known as the Collection of 1892–1895. Quoted by the serial numbers. Pet. V. A. refers to the three Appendices, containing extracts from Mss. in the Patan Bhandars, and Mss. in the collection
itself. The allusion is to the pages. (99) Pet. VI. and Pet. VI. A. A Sixth Report by
Dr. Peterson. The collection is known as the Collection of 1895-1898. Quoted by the serial numbers. Pet. VI. A. refers to the Appendix containing extracts from the Mss. in the collection itself. The allusion is to the
pages. ( 100 ) PR. A Register of a few Prasastis of the
Mss. in the possession of Seth Manekchand of Bombay. Supplied to me by Pandit Nathuram Premi, Jaina author and Book-seller of Hirabag, Bomby. The figures refer to the Serial
numbers given in this unpublished Register. ( 101 ) PRA. These are the Prasastis copied and
collected from the different Jain Mss. by various Jain scholars, prominent among them being Sri Indravijayasuri of Gwalior, Shivpuri, and Dr. Tribhuvandas Shah of Bombay
(now settled at Baroda ). I have prepared my own notes from these and given them consecutive numbers for the sake of easy reference. I give below the numbers and after thein within brackets, the name of the Bhandar, from the Mss. in which the Prasastis were copied. Thus, PRA. 1 refers to my note prepared from the Prasasti copied out from a Ms. in the Kāntivijayaji's Bhandar at Chani and so on. It is intended that it should be possible for the reader to verify my state ment by a reference to the original Ms. from which the Prasasti was copied :
1-27 (Kantivijayji's Bhandar, at Chani); 28-47 (Sangha Bhandar at Patan); 48-78 (Halabhai's Bhandar, Pofalia wada, Patan); 79-99 (Kaira Bhandar); 100-104 ( The Jain Association's Bhandar, Bombay); 105174 (Kantivijayji's Bhandar, at Chani); 175-189 ( Godiji Bhandar, Udaipur ; 190277 ( different Bhandars visited by Sri Indravijayasuri; unfortunately no names are mentioned ); 278-348 ( Kantivijayaji's Bhandar at Baroda); 349-409 (Kantivijayaji's Bhandar at Chani); 410-428 (Limdi Bhandar); 429-436 (Mohanlal Bhandar, Surat ); 437438 (Limdi Bhandar); 439-465 (Chuniji's Bhandar, Naya Ghat, Benares ), 466-495 ( Balacandra Yati's Bhandar Ramghat, Benares ); 496-497 (Dasadano Bhandar); 498502 ( Bhandar at Limba ); 503-547 ( Dosabhai Abhechand's Bhandar at Bhavnagar ) ; 548-574 (Bhaktivijayji Bhandar of the Atmananda Sabha, Bhavnagar); 575-591 ( Sangha Bhandar at Ghogha ); 592-610 Premchand Ratanji's Bhandar, Bhavnagar); 611-620 (Vrddhicandraji's Bhandar at Bhavnagar); 621-628 (Gambhiravijayaji's Bhandar at Bhavnagar ), 629-633 (Kasturasagarji's Bhandar, Bhavnagar ) ; 634 (Gholera Bhandar), 635-639 (Jain Shaha's Bhandar at Cambay), 640-650 ( Bhandar at Patadi); 651-667 (Kesarvijayaji's Bhandar at Camp, Vadhwan); 668-674 ( City Bhandar at Vadhwan); 675-726 (Limdi Bhandar);
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