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on both sides of the leaves with eleven lines on each page. It contains dohas with a Kannada vṛtti.
The readings from this Ms. have not been recorded. It has the usual peculiarities of Kannada Mss. (See, for instance T, K and M described below) such as the use of d and p for dh and ph etc.. the presence of for I in dohas etc. Here vy is used as against other Kannada Mss. which prefer bb. In the Kannada viti some times old form of r is used. Excepting a few peculiarities like the inclination towards e and o rather than i and u and the forms such as jojji and Bamhu for jo ji and Bambhu etc., this Ms., on the whole, agrees with Brahmadeva's text. However it has a few important forms, here and there, which are common with the family of Mss. like T, K and M.
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As compared with the strength of Brahmadeva's text, this Ms. is wanting in the following dohas: I. 21-32, I. 65* 1, I. 123*2-3, II. 46*1, II. 111 *2-4, II. 137*5, and II. 185. Then there are additional verses: one (ja janal etc.) after 1. 46: one doha (bhavvabhavvaha etc.) after II. 74; and one (jiva jiņavara etc.) after II. 197. Thus 14 verses are wanting and 3 are additional. So we expect the total number to have been 334, but the Ms. serially numbers the last verse as 333, because No. 179 is numbered twice.
The concluding passage of the Ms., without any corrections, runs thus: Paramatmaprakatavetti samaptaḥ śri vitarigaya namaḥ || sri sarasvatyai namaḥ sri Munibhodrasicmigala iri pada padmangale baronu || mamgamaha tri tri tri.
R. Described-This is à palm-leaf Ms., about 14 by 2 inches in size, with a label 'Parameimapraksta mula', new No. 130, from the Jaina Siddhanta Bhavana, Arrah (Bihar). The Ms. Is not very old; so far as I can judge, it does not appear to me older than 75 years. It contains only the dohas written in Kannada characters on both sides of the leaves with eight lines. on each page. It contains leaves Nos. 1-16. The last page is half blank with a table of contents, written in a modern hand enumerating the names of anupreksas. This Ms. like other Kannada Mss. described below, has d for dh, for 1, bb for vv, and forms like sojji, and very often i and hi are confounded in the dohas. In a modern hand anvaya numbers are put between the lines; and some corrections and additions are made here and there. In the margin some additional verses are written in modern hand, and almost all of these verses are the same as those found in Brahmadeva's commentary.
As compared with Brahmadeva's text presented in this edition, this Ms. interchanges the positions of I. 4 and I. 5, II. 20 and II. 21, II. 77 and and II. 78, II. 79 and II. 80, II. 144 and II. 145-46. It does not include doh s nos. 1. 28-32, I. 65*1, II. 46*1, II. 111*2-4, II. 137*5, II. 185, and II. 209. Thus it is wanting in 13 verses as compared with Brahmadeva's
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