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KARTTIKEYANTFREKŞA
Jain, Lucknow. It is a well preserved Ms. written on indigenous paper. It contains gāthis and the Vicarika of Jayacunutra in Elindi. It measures 5.1 by 11-1 inches. In all it has 161 folios. There are ten lines on each page and 40 to 15 lutters in cuch line, The Devanagari writing is uniform, Margimul lines, opening and concluding scntences, topicul and metrical titles, dan las, numerals cto. are in mod iuk. Variunits for the gathas only are noted, The Ms. opens tlius: ॥ ६ ॥ओं नमः सिद्धेभ्यः ॥ अथ स्वामि कार्तिकेयानुप्रेज्ञानाम थकी देशभाषामग्रवचनिका लिखिये है ॥ दोहा॥ प्रथमरिषभ ete. After the presst. of Jayacandra. (already printed in the Bopbuy edition) the Ms, adds at the end the followiny sentence : मासोनमासे उसममासे फागुणमासे कृष्णपने पंचमी सोमवार संत्रत ।। १८८५ ॥का ॥ इति श्री खामिकार्तिकेयानुप्रेक्षा नाम ग्रंश्रकी देशभाषामयवचनिका संपूर्ण ॥॥
fre: This is a paper Ms. from the Digunbara Jaina Vaudira, Chaukupurivāli Gali, Luckno s', received by me along with tho My, Sre described above. Though the leaves are brown and show patches of moisture, it is well preserved on the whole. It measures 12 by 6-1 inches and contains 210 folioy written on both the sides excepting the first folio which has a blank page. It is writteu iu uniform Deranigari script the stylo of which is different from folio No. 172 onwards where the number of scribal errors also increases. The topical titles, dandas, nos. ofgatihas, narginal lines etc. are written in red ink but the running matter in black. The dandas are not at tho same places as in Tie. This Jis, ir nuore accurate in Sanskrit portious than in Prakrit gathis. It begins with || ६०॥ श्रीपरमात्मने नमः ॥ and ends in this way: इति श्री स्वामिकासिकेपटीकायां त्रिविद्यविद्याधरषदभाषाकविचक्रवर्तिभट्टारकरीशुभचंद्रविरचिताया धर्मानुप्रेक्षाया द्वादशोधिकारः ॥ १२ ॥ .
Pa; This is a paper Mg, from the Blusdarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona, No. 290 of 1883-84. It measures 12-5 by 5.5 inches and contains 277 folios. Each page has ten lines, with about 40 letters in a line. Tu this Ms, the Prabrit text is accompanied by the Sanskrit commentary of Subh:cuura. It is written in uniform Devanāguri hand in black ink, the marginal lines and sonne danas ure in red ink; and reddisi powder is rubbed over the gåthis, titles, quotations etc. Separation of words is indicated by sipall strokes on the head-lines both in the text and in the commentary. It begins thus : ॥ ६ ॥ ओ नमः सिद्धेभ्यः ॥ १ ॥ शुभचंद्र etc. and ends thus on p. 277 : इति श्रीस्वामिकार्तिकयानुप्रेक्षाया त्रिविद्यविद्याधरषड्भाषाविचक्रवर्तिश्रीशुभचंद्रविरचितटीकाया धर्मानुप्रेक्षायां द्वादशोधिकारः ॥ १२ ॥ अथ शुभसंबच्छरे संवत १७८४ पोसमुदि ५ दिने लिपीकृतम् । लिखतं ब्राह्मण हरियाए पषेिहीका बासी पेमराजलिपीकृतम् । मंगलं भूयात् । श्रीः । [Then in adifferent hind] दिवसामध्ये लिषाइतं ॥ सा xxx वालचंद गावड़ा कूसलत्यंधसुत् । लोक संख्या ७२५६ ॥ ॥ सोरठा ॥ पुस्तग लई लिषाय । खपरहेतकै. कारण। पढे सुणे मनलाय ईह द्वादस जो भावना ॥१॥
