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message to him asking him to abandon the idea of becoming a recluse. The poem aims at placing before the readers the virtues of the Jaina religion. Pub. Text with Marathi translation, Bombay 1892 // Text in Kavyamala Series No. II. Bombay 1948 AD, Vol. 2. pp. 85-104 // Text with Hindi trans. by Dhirendra Misra, Pārsvanātha Vidyapitha (S. No. 68) Varanasi 1994, p. 46, 139. Mns. BORI 1353 of 188487, 715 of 1886-92. Peterson IV. p. 27 (No. 715).
--Commentary by Guņavijayagani, BORI 1353 of 1884-87. - by Jhāmajaņa, son of Sāmgaña, Jhalarpatan, p. 23. - by Merutñga of Ancalagaccha.
Jainameghadūta, by Merutunga (1346-1414 AD), containing 196 Sanskrit verses in Mandäkrāntā in 4 cantos: 50, 49, 55 and 42
respectively, it gives the description of famous episode of the 22nd Tirthankara Neminātha and Rājimati. In this poem, Rājimatī sends a message to Neminātha through Megha (cloud) at mount Raivataka (Girnara) where the latter is practising austerities, detached from the world. Ultimately, she also renounces the world and adapts nunhood. Puh. Text with Tīkā by Śīlaratna, Jaina Atmananda Sabha S.No. 76, Bhavnagar 1924.// Text with Sanskrit Comm. & Hindi trans. In: Jaina Meghadūtam byDr. Ravishankara Misra, Pārsvanātha Vidyāpītha (S.No. 51) Varanasi 1981, p. 61, 125.11 Mns. Bhand. VI. No. 1396, Chani No. 453, Petrson III. A.P. 248.
Tikā by Śilaratņa, pupil of Jayakīrtisūri of the Añcalagaccha in 1434. Māņikyasūri helped the author. Hamsa No. 625, Pet. III. A. P. 249.
Tīkā composed in 1489 by Mahimetugaņi, pupil of Jayakirtisūri, BK. No. 1342.
Tippaņa Papr. 21 (11)
Śiladūtaṁ, (AD 1430) by Cáritrasundaragani, pupil of Ratnasinghsūri of Brhattpăgaccha. Written in Samasyāpārti form, it is interwoven with the last line of the first 125 verses of the Meghadūta. Prince Sthūlabhadra was enjoying his days in the pleasant company of his beloved Kośā. Grief -stricken at the sudden demise of his father, he becomes detached with sensuous pleasures and
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