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94 to 99, the year of the manuscript V.S. 1538 is mentioned. Except this, the copyist has not written the colophon etc. The condition of the manuscript is good, the script is excellent and the size is 101" x 4".
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manuscript bearing No. 655 has eight folios. At the end the copyist has not written the colophon etc. But we can infer that it must be of the 17th century V.S. Its condition is good, script legible and size 10" x 4".
As these two manuscripts were returned to the Jñanamandir without writing a special note on them, I have described them here according to their description in the printed Catalogue. Amtagaḍakevalipanagakayakammajhosaṇāniruvagaṁ Ārāhaṇāpaṇagam - In critically editing the text of this tract I have utilised two manuscripts and one printed edition. Their description is as follows.
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This tract is contained in the Kuvalayamālākahā composed by Śrī Uddyotanasūri. This Katha is published in the Singhi Jaina Series in 1959 A.D. I have utilised this printed edition.
This is a press-copy got prepared by Muni Shri Punyavijayaji on the basis of some manuscript. I have found no note by Punyavijayaji, giving information about this manuscript. I have utilised this copy.
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This manuscript belongs to the Khetarvasīpāḍā Tāḍapatriya Jaina Jñana Bhaṇḍāra, Patan. It is a collection of many tracts. I procured the micro-film of this manuscript and prepared the enlargement. I utilised this enlargement copy in critically editing the text of the present text. This manuscript bears No. 71, in the Catalogue entitled 'Pattanastha-JainaBhāṇḍāgārīya-Granthasuci', published by the Oriental Institute, Baroda. Folios 102-106 contain, under items Nos. 8 to 12, the present Aradhanāpañcaka. This palm-leaf manuscript is written in V.S. 1213 (see the Catalogue pp. 302-304). Its size is 15" x 2", its script is legible and its condition is good. In the New Catalogue of the manuscripts in the concerned Bhaṇḍāra, it is given No. 50.
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5. Description of manuscripts of eight tracts from the fifth Siri Abhayadevasuripaniyam Arahaṇāpayaranam to the twelfth (the last) Appavisohikulayaṁ. These eight tracts are critically edited on the basis of a palm-leaf manuscript belonging to the Palm-leaf Manuscript Library established by Ac. Śrī Jinabhadrasūri at Jesalmer Fort. The manuscript bears No. 151. It is a collection of 24 tracts. As items No. 5, 12, 20, 22, 7, 14, 8
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