Tattvarthadhigam Sutram

Author(s): Keshavlal Premchand
Publisher: Bengal Asiatic Society

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Preface.
• The following materials have been utilized in the edition of this work.
A :-Manuscript belonging to Yati Nâuachaudji, of Bumbay, This manuscript is without date and is written on paper, 17 leaves with 15 lines of about 56 aksharas cach. In appearance, it is rather a new manuscript and seems to be about 200 years old. It and Manuscript C are very similar. Both these manuscripts mark the number of Sûtras. These manuscripts contain only the Bhâshya with original text intermixed therewith.
B:--Manuscript belonging to Maharaja Dayâvimalji, of Devasba's Padâ, Ahmedâbâd. This manuscript is written on paper 44 leaves with 15 lines of about 70 aksharas each. It is dated Samvat 1532 (1475 A.D. This date appears in a parayraph which seems to be written after some years of the writing of the whole work. This and Manuscript K strikingly resemble each other. This and Manuscript K contain original text in the first four leaves which is a Digambara version of the text, and from the fifth leaf we have the Bhâshya with the original text intermixed as in Manuscripts A and c. Manuscript B is a very carelessly written manuscript.
C:-Manuscript belonging to Lohar's Pole Upâshraya in Almedabad. It is without date and appears to be a very old manuscript. It is a carefully written manuscript though the scribe appears to have omitted words at intervals with the intention of avoiding trouble. It is written on paper 29 leaves with 19 lines of 70 aksharas each.
D:-Manuscript belonging to the Government of Bombay being No. 1,162 of the year 1887-1890 of Dr. Bhandarkar's collections. This is a paper manuscript of 45 leaves, with 18 lives, of about 54 letters each. It is dated Saturday, 7th of Jeshta, Suda Samvat 1467 (1412 A.D.), and is written in Bhrugupura (Broach in the Bombay Presidency). The manuscript begins from fourth leaf. It is of the type of the manuscripts B and K. It is correct and best of the manuscripts seen by me. This manuscript, I presume, must have contained the Digambar version of the text in the first three leaves as it strikingly resembles manuscripts B and K. This inanuscript did
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