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Introduction
8. The Kantivijayaji Bhandar Ms. (the K Ms.): This also is a paper manuscript preserved in the Pravarttaka Kantivijayaji Sastra-samgraha Bhandar stored in the Atmaram Jaina Jnāna Mandir, Baroda. It is numbered 211. The details of the Ms. are as follows:
Name : Tilakamañjāri. Author : Dhanapāla Kavi, Date : V. Sam. 1912. Material : Thick old paper, Script : Jaina Devanagari with Padi-mātrā style, Extent : 172 folios. Size
: 28.5 x 13.2 Cms. Beginning : : A STRT 1 : 919 fra...ctc. End : राचस्कंद परमां वृद्विमानंद इति ।।छ।। दृष्टडी।। छ ।। गात्रावाप्तप्रतिष्ठेऽस्मिन्,
etc. ॥९॥ छ । संवत् १२५५ वर्षे मटवाटयां रुकमणीश्राविकया तिलक मजरीपुस्तक श्रीसुमतिसिंहसूरीणामर्पित ॥छ ।। १० ।। इति श्रीतिलकम जरीसपूण || संवत् १९१२ वैशाखकृष्णपक्षनवम्यां ९ गुरुवासरे लि । प। वासुदेवश्रीकंवलागच्छे श्रीरस्तुः।
This mar.uscript, written on thick polished Kashmirian paper, consists of 172 folios each of which measures 28.5 x 13.2 Cms., the written portion where of measures approximately 22 x 10 Cms, and is flanked on either side by a margin each about 2.8 Cms. thick, and marked by trebled red lines. Page one of the folio 1 is blank, though marked with the red lines of the margins and bearing the stamp of the Bhandar. All the four edges on both the sides of the first and the last folios are marked with a singla red borderline at the top and bottom, but with a double red border-line on the cither side. In the left margin of page two of each folio the name of the work is mentioned as "Tilakamanjari' or 'Tilakamamja' and below it the folio number is written in line with the first and second line, respectively. In the right margin of the same side of each folio, the folio number is written in line with the 16th line. Each folio contains 17 lines, each of which having about 53 letters, each measuring about 0.3 Cm. There is no ornamental blank space in the centre of the pages of the folios.
The writing is in the Jaina Devanagari characters in black ink and in the Khadimaträ style. The verse-numbers are marked out by a thick red hue on the black letters. The auspicious Mangalam in the beginning written in red ink, while the colophon at the end of the work is written in black ink but marked out with thick red line on the black characters. In some places the miswritten portion is covered with yellow paste, and at times correct text is written thereon. Although the colo phone
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