Mahanisiha Studies And Edition In Germany

Author(s): Chandrabhal Tripathi
Publisher: Chandrabhal Tripathi

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MAHĀNISIHA STUDIES AND EDITION IN GERMANY
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12. MANUSCRIPTS11
12.0 Weber's study of the MNA in Ind. Stud. 16.1883 was based on the single and defective Ms. in Berlin (see 1.1-2). For their studies and edition, distributed over three or two volumes respectively, Professors Schubring, Hamm and Deleu could luckily utilize some more Mss. from India; thus the material used by them consists of eight original, some of them very valuable, Mss. and one modern transcript. We present an inventory of the Mss. of the MNA which were available to them??.
12.1 Berlin, State Library (Staatsbibliothek) 1. Siglum: B. Ms.or.fol.764. Paper Ms., 96 Folia, dated13. See Weber, Verz.#1876, where lengthy citations are given. The Ms. is well written, but very incorrect, see above 1.3, fn.3. 2. Siglum: b. Ms.or.fol.1887. Paper Ms., 91 Folia, datedl4, however, by a second scribe. See Schubring, Jn-Hss.#92.
12.2 Cambay, śāntinātha Jaina Bhaņdār 1. Siglum: c. Palm-leaf Ms., 220 Folia. For description etc. see Peterson, 1st Report, p.(87), No.144; Hamm, MNSt.C,p.7; Deleu, MNSt.B,p.3; and Muni Punyavijaya, Cat.ŚBh.Cby.,p.62,No.36. It was accessible to scholars in Germany in the form of
11 See also Velankar, Jinaratnakośa, p.304, which has been mentioned by Deleu (MNSt.B.p.4): "For other extant Mss (which to my regret it has proved impossible to secure) see H. D. Velankar ...".
12 The Sigla of the Mss. utilized in Germany are: B, b (Berlin); c, C (Cambay); K (Baroda); M (Mody <Patan); P, P, (Poona); and Pu (Punyavijaya <Patan). The Mss. c, C, and Pu are the most important palm-leaf ones from Indian collections in Cambay (= Khambhāt, Stambhatirtha) and Pāțan (Pattan(a)).
13 samvat 1569 varse pātasäha Mahamūmda-vijaya-rājye Devāsa-Subhasthāne Saha-Rāmasi-putra-Bhādābhāryā-Lakşmi-putra-Jājā pustikā lişāpitā, pam. Mahisāgara.
14 The scribal remark reads: śri-Junāgadha-vāstavya-Prāgvāța-vamse Vrddha-śākhāyām Soni śri pa suŞimaji, su-Rāmaji, su-Manaji, su-Soni-Pāsavira: e pita-paksa; atha mātä-pakşe: Stambhatirthe vastavya Tapāpakse sri-Hiravijayasūri-rājy(e) Sofni]-Somasi-bhāryā)-bāi-Karamäi-putri-bai-Vabāi-putra-Soni-Pāsavirai 45 āgama-no bhandāra punya-hetu Sā-Rāghavaji-Dhanuā-ni sākhi sānidhyaim kari karyo chai, karma-kşayamokşârtham cêti bhadram. samvat 1721 varse poşa vadi 10 dine.