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तिलकम जरी
The calligraphy of this Ms. seems to be pretty old and resembles that of the V Ms., and it is on the basis of the style of writting that it seems to have been written in the 15th century of the Vikrama Era. It belongs to a different tradition of the Ms., as can be deduced from the selection of the readings and from the scribal mistakes copied therein. The scribe of this Ms. seems to be very careful in distinguishing his 'Pa' from 'Ya', 'Va' from 'Ca', and 'Dha' from 'Sva', though he scrupulouslb copies the mistakes of the Adarja in reading 'Va' for 'Ca', Ta' for 'Na', 'Ya' for Pa' in conjunctions, and in 'Ne', 'Tr', etc. It is the text tradition of this manuscript that seems to have been followed by the editors of the Botad edition of the TM.
6. The Bhandarkar Institute Ms. (the B Ms.): This is a Paper Ms. preserved in the Manuscripts Library of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona. It is numbered 791 of 1895-1902 13 (New No. 12) and is noticed by Professor H.D. Velankar in the Jina-ratna-kosa. The details of this Ms. are as follows:
: Tilakamañjari.
Dhanapala Kavi; not mentioned in the colophone.
V. Sam. 1255; rather a recent copy of it.
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Thick old paper.
Script Jaina Devanagari with Padi-matra style.
Extent: 183 Folios; folios 46. 65 and 75 are repeated, while the folio No. 48 is missing.
Size: 27.3 x 12.3 Cms.
Beginning : ॐ नमः सर्वज्ञाय स वः पातु जिन...etc.
End
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• रायस्कन्द परमां बुद्धिमानन्दः इति । छ दृष्टडी छ गोत्रावाप्तप्रतिष्ठेऽस्मिन् ॥९॥ छ ॥ संवत १२५५ ।। वर्षे मंटबाटयां रुक्मिणीश्राधिकया तिलकम जरीपुस्तक श्रीसुमतिसि हसूरीणामर्पित ||४|| १०|| इति श्रीतिलकछ मंजरीपुस्तक संपूण्ण ॥ श्री गाणशा नमः ॥
The written space in the folios measures approximately 21.5 x 9.6 Cms. The margins on the left and right sides are marked with trebled lines in red ink, and the outer edges on either side of the folio are further marked by a single red line. There is no decorative blank space in the middle. Each page of a folio contains 15 lines, and each line has approximatery 48 letters. Page one of the folio 1 is blank. The text. begins from the second page of folio 1. Margins of page one of each of the folios. are left blank, while on the second page of the folios the title fan'at is written in the top corner of the left margin in line with the line No. 1, and the folio number is written below it in parallel with line 2. The folio number is written again in the lower corner of the right margin in line number 14.
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