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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
(71.
उपमितिभवप्रपञ्चाकथा
Upamitibhavaprapañcākathā No. 71
644.
1892-95. Size. - 10 in. by 43 in. Extent.— -326 +1 = 327 folios; 16 lines to a page ; 43 letters to
a line. Description.- Country paper tough and white; Jaina Deva.
nāgari characters; small, legible and good hand-writing; borders ruled in two lines and edges in one, in red ink; numbers for foll. entered tw.ce as usual ; foll. r' and 3266 blank; edges of some foll. e.g. those of the 6th slightly worn out; condition on the whole good; some lacunae on foll. 286 and 286"; yellow pigment used; fol. 164 repeated ; complete; composed in Samvat 962 in Bhinna.
māla; the entire work is divided into 8 prastāvas as is
under :Prastāva 1 fol. to fol. 42
11 422 1 , 350
» 5jb un » 124* IV , 1219 „ 1962 V » 1962 „ „ 2296
» 229" 254 VII „ 254* „ „ 2866 „. VIII , 2866 „ , 3264.
The total extent is 16,000 šlokas. 25 Age.— Saṁvat 1475. Author.- Siddha Rsi, pupil of Durgasvāmin, pupil of Della
Mahattara. Garga Rși was the diksh-guru of Siddha Řși and that of Durgasvāmin. Siddha Rși is said to be the author of suutitia (V. S. 974 ) and a com.
mentator of उबएसमाला of Dharmadasa Gani. Subject.— A monumental allegorical work written in mixed prose
and verse in 8 prastāvas or chapters, giving a vivid description of the human life from the Jaina view-point,
