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MS. J
This ms. belongs to the Patodi Digambara Jaina temple of Jaipur. Leaves 68; size 10" x 4"; lines per page 11; letters per line about 36; margin right and left 1", top and the bottom ". Leaf No. 19 which contained Kadavakas 18, 19, 20 and a part of 21 of Sandhi 3 is missing. It bears the following colophon:
॥ छ ॥ संवत् १५५८ वर्षे कार्तिक वदि तीज ३ बुधवासरे आद्रनक्षत्रे श्री मूलसंघे बलात्कारगणे • सरस्वतीगच्छे श्री कुंदकुंदाचार्यान्त्रये भट्टारक श्री पद्मनन्दिदेवाः तत्पट्टे भट्टारक श्रीजिन चन्द्रदेवाः तत्पट्टे भट्टारक श्री देवेन्द्र कीर्ति देवाः तत्पट्टे भट्टारक श्रीविद्यानन्दिदेवाः तत्पट्टे भट्टारक श्री सिंघकीर्तिदेवाः तत् शिष्य ब्रह्मचारि.. . स्वहस्तेन लिखितं कर्मक्षयार्थम् | शुभं भवतु ॥ छ ॥ श्री ॥ ज्ञानवान् ज्ञानदानेन etc.
From this colophon we learn that the ms. was copied on Wednesday the 3rd of the dark fortnight of the month of Karttika in Samvat 1558 equivalent to 1502 A. D., by a pupil of Bhaṭṭaraka Simhakirti for whom the following genealogy is given:
Kundakundacārya
Padmanandi
Jinacandra
Devendrakirti
I
Vidyanandi
Simhakirti (A. D. 1551)
MS. N.
This is a ms. acquired by the editor during one of his tours in search of inss. Leaves 87; size 10" x 4"; lines per page 9; letters per line about 32; margin right and left 11", top and bottom 3". The first and the last leaves are missing as also leaves Nos. 15, 73 and 75. Leaves Nos. 25, 26 and 60 are written in a different hand on different paper. These seem to have been substituted later in place of the leaves worn out or lost. It is an important ms. as it has supplied many variant readings and a few additional lines which have been given in the present edition in foot-notes. No colophon is available as the ms. goes only upto almost the end of Kadavaka 28 of the 10th Sandhi. But in appearance it seems to be of the same age as iss. D. and J Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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