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The relevant line of the colophon, read and published by them (on ibid, p. 12) is as under:
xxxx Kalpapustakam likhapitam vihäritam ca Śrt Kharatara gacche Sri Jinabhadrasuri patalamkara-Sri-Jinacandrasūrirājādesena Sr Kamalasam jamopadhyāyānām likhitam ca Gaudanvaya-pam-Karmmasthätma-ja-Veydäsena || chha || Subhamastu [
This is interpreted as "revised by Upadhyaya Kamalasam yama by the order of Sri Jinacandrasuri; an ornament of the sacred seat of Sri Jinabhadrasüri of Khrataragacca; it was painted by the Kayastha Venidasa, son of Pandita Karmasimha Gauda. For the welfare of all."
But viharitam above does not mean revised by but means was gifted to and likhitam does not mean painted by but means written (or copied) by. So the interpretation of the colophon has to be that this Kalpa-text was got written by wife of Sam(Sanghavi) Kalidasa, (who was) the daughter of merchant (Sadhu) Sahasaraja, Harsini Śravika (by name) along with her son Dharmadasa, got this Kalpa-text copied (likhapitam) and gave as gift (viharitam ca) to Sri Kamalasamyama Upadhyaya. on the advice of Sri Jinacandrasuri adoring the seat of Sri Jinabhadrasuri in the Kharataragaccha. Copied (likhitam) by Venidasa, son of Kayastha Pandita Karmasimha of Gauda lineage (Gaudanvya)
434. UTTARADHYAYANASUTRA, Devasano Pado Collection, Ahmedabad, folios 120, size 27 x 11-1 cms; copied in V. S. 1529 (A. D. 1472). It has beautifully decorated borders and copied with golden ink. It has 37 illustrations copied at Sripattana by Mantri Vachaka.
425. KALPASUTRA of Bhadrabahu in Prakrit, LD. No. 4563 (K), folios 150, Size 26-5 x 11-5 cms.; copied in V. S. 1544 (A. D. 1488). It has illustrations on folios 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 40, 44, 45, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 68, 69, 73, 75, 77, 82, 84(2), 85(2), 86(2), 87, 90, 91, 93(2), 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101,
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