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INTRODUCTION
The present work is given the title 'Painnayasuttaim Part II' because the Aradhanapatākā composed by Śrī Virabhadrācārya, included in this work and given second place in the Contents, has been regarded as Painnayasutta (Sk. Prakirṇakasūtra). For information about Prakirnakasutras, one may refer to 'A Note on Jaina Agamas' (pp. 71-74 of Part I) and consult Introduction to Part I.
Twelve tracts are included in this Part. For the prepara. tion of critically edited text of all these twelve tracts, Late Rev. Muni Shri Punyavijayaji had got prepared a copy of the text of all these tracts. But the only copy corrected by him having compared it with different manuscripts, is that of the text of the Aradhanāpatākā (the first item in the Contents) composed by an ancient Acarya. A note by him, giving information about manuscripts of this tract alone is available. Regarding manuscripts of the remaining tracts, no note written by him is available, thought he must have made a clear mental note of them. Hence I had to search for the manuscripts of these tracts in different manuscript libraries (= Bhaṇḍāras). Having collected information, I wrote description of manuscripts of these tracts.
Muni Shri Punyavijayaji had got prepared a copy of the Ārādhanāpatākā by Śrī Virabhadrācārya on the basis of a manuscript belonging to the L. D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad. He must have corrected the copy, comparing it with other manuscripts. But I have not come across any note by him, informing us about the manuscripts utilised by him. So, having procured manuscripts from Bhaṇḍāras at Patan, I compared the copy with them. Generally we find different readings while comparing the text contained in one manuscript with that contained in other manuscripts. But it is noteworthy that in connection with the text of this tract, the different manuscripts yield no readings. The six manuscripts which I procured yield an identical recension. Therefore, only those two manuscripts which have yielded very few readings have been described in this introduction and their readings have been recorded in foot-notes at proper places.
Muni Shri Punyavijayaji had got prepared a copy of the Paryantāradhana on the basis of a manuscript belonging to the L. D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad. He himself corrected it. In search of the different manuscripts of this tract,
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