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INTRODUCTION
1. Critical Apparatus
The present edition of Nayakumaracariu is based upon the following five MSS. fully collated :
MS. A.
This MS. is deposited in the Balatkara-gana Bhandara of Karanja. Leaves 88, size 11 " x 5" ; lines per page 9 ; letters in each line about 34; margin right and left 11", top and bottom ". One inch- square space is left blank in the middle of each page. It bears the following colophon :
शुभं भवति लेखक पाठकयोः । संवत् १५५६ वर्षे चैत्र शुदि १ शनावयेह श्रीघनौघदंगे श्रीजिनचैत्यालये श्री कुन्दकुन्दाचार्यान्वये भट्टारक श्रीपद्मनन्दिदेवास्तत्पटे भट्टारक श्रीदेवेंद्रकीर्तिदेवास्तत्पट्टे भट्टारक श्रीविद्यानन्दिदेवास्तत्पङ्के भट्टारकश्रीमल्लिभूषणदेवास्तत्पट्टे भट्टारक श्रीलक्ष्मीचन्द्रोपदेशाद् हंसपत्तने हादा तद्भार्या बदी तयोः पुत्रः सांगण तस्य भार्या सोमाई एतेषां श्रीसांगणकेन लिखापितं ॥
(on the last page in another hand)
भट्टारक श्रीकुमुदचन्द्र पट्टे भट्टारक श्री अभयचन्द्राणां पुस्तकम् । संवत १७८५ वर्षे शाके १६५० कीलकनामसंवत्सरे माघमासि प्रतिपत्तिथौ सोमधूसेन वमस संपदे सूरतिबंदिरे वासुपूज्यचैत्यालये गिरनारयात्रागमनसमये भट्टारक श्री धरमचंद्र पट्टधारि - देवेंद्र कीर्तिभ्यः रामजी संघाधिपपुत्र आणंदनाम्ना हूबझ श्रावक्रेण दत्तमिदं पुस्तकं ।
From this colophon, we learn that the MS. was completed on Saturday, the 1st of the bright fortnight of Caitra, in Samvat 1556, equivalent to 1499 A. D., in the Jain temple at Hamsapattana, according to the instructions of Bhattaraka Laxmicandra, for whom we get the following geneology:
Kundakundanvaya
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Padmanandi
Devendrakirti
Vidyanandi
Mallibhusana T
Laxmicandra (A. D 1499).
The subsequent history of the MS. is told in the additional note made later on the last page. The MS. belonged to Abhayacandra the successor of Kumudacandra. It was presented to Devendrakirti, the successor of Bhaṭṭaraka Dharma
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