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J3: No. 327 of the palm-leaf mss. collection in Jina-bhadra-sūri's
bhandar in the Fort area of Jaisalmer (i.e. available at the same location as
Jl). Described by Punya-vijayaji (1972:138) as having 234 leaves measuring
16 11 x 21 (which, I suspect, is a misprint for 2 I meaning 2 1/4"; see note 19
above) and as probably belonging to the 13th century of the Vikrama samvat (see
note 20 a above). Photocopy supplied to and probably still in the possession of
K (cf. Preface). Facsimiles before the Introduction in K's edition. Of the 25
facsimiles (nos. 4-28), covering 128 pages and fragments of pages, very few can be actually read. They are not correlated with the printed text and the criterion
behind their selection has not been stated. However, it is obvious from the
facsimiles as well as Punya-vijayajī's remark in Gujarati (prati akhí bhängi
ga-elī ane atijīrna che) that the ms. is fragmented and extremely worn out. The exact portion of the VJ available in it is not known, although one can be certain
that it extends beyond what is found in Jl and J2, since K explicitly states so
and uses it to edit the later parts of the third and fourth unmesas.
M: Ms. from which the transcript in the Government Oriental Manuscripts
Library, Madras, was prepared. It has not been determined if this ms. is still
surviving. Its notice (indirectly through that of M2?), as De (1961:1v)says, appeared about 1920 in the Report of the Working of the Peripatetic Party of the
Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras, during the years 1916-17, 1918-19.
Some time prior to 1925, Pandit Ramakrsna Kavi informed De that Ml was discovered,
by the travelling pandits of the Peripatetic Party, "in the possession of an
adhyapaka who was apparently unwilling to part with it."
In a letter dated
February 25, 1925, Kavi informed De further as follows: "the owner of the Ms.
is printing his edition of the same work = VJ) consisting of five unmesas. He
has the advantage of having taught the work several times to his pupils when the
MS was in perfect condition, and he is capable of reciting the whole work from
memory. His edition may appear in a short time." When De visited the GOML in
