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actually supported by Mahāvīrajī's manuscript. In several of these cases Mahaviraji's manuscript reading is found superior to that of Poona and of Samgānera.”
One the basis of the above presentation we can conclude that the Paumacariu of Svayambhū in Mahāvīrajī’s Pandulipi collection is of great importance for future generations.*
· * It may be noted here that Prof. Bhayani's critical edition of the Vidyādharakānda was published in 1953 by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai. On the advice of Muni Jinavijayaji, Prof. Bhayani edited the rest of the kāņdas of Paumacariu, which were published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai also in two volumes in 1960.
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