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(iv) p. 32, 1. o: Here we have ilyeludarudhirana. In the ms, we find..ilveladaparāranao. It is needless to say that the copyist mistook va for pa and thū for a
This type of instances can be multiplied but we leave the matter here, because any one can find out such scribal mistakes by examining the reading, given in the foot-notes and corrections made in the brackets in the printed text.
Let us note one thing here that though ms. generally agrees with ms. at times it differs from 5 ms. and agrees with and . This suggests that the mss. and are not based on some common source. Moreover, from the point of view of readings we find not much difference between 1 and . This points to the fact that it is based on
I have given the detailed account of Acarya Jinabhadra's life, date and works in my Gujarati translation of Gandhiravādi (published by Gujarat Vidyasabha, 1952 A. D.). In spite of this I iatend to deal with this topic again in detail adding some more information, in the concluding volume of this work.
Words fail to express my indebtedness to Muni Shri Punyavijayaji who handed over to ine all the inaterial at his disposal, which was abiolutely necessary for editing the present work. But for his help I could not have accomplished the task of editing this difficult text. I must thank P't. Shri Bechardasji Doshi who solved inany of iny difficulties pertaining to correcting the text and who prepared for this volume a list of corrections. My thanks are also due to Pt. Ambalal P. Shah who read the proofs for me.
I must also gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance given by the Ministry of Education, Government of India ( under the scheme of the publication of rare mss.) for the publication of this important work.
I am sure this publication will prove useful to all those interested in the study of Indian Philosoplay in general and Jaina philosophy in particular.
Dalsukh Malavania
L D. Institute of Indology
Ahmedabad - 9
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