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वर्षे वाचबरशरसुधारस्मि(दिम)(१५०४)संख बूभ ।
__ श्रीमान् ग्रंथः सकलमुमनश्चित्तहर्षप्रणेयी । यावत् क्रीडां गगनकमन्वे राजहंसो विशाले । ___ तन्बानौस्तस्तिमिरभिदुरौ सावदो(दे)पा(s)पि जीयात् ॥ १॥ त्रैवेद्योपनिषदिलासबसते।
श्रीसूरीश्वररत्नशेषरगुरोः प्रामाणिकज्ञप्रभोः ।। शिष्यः स(पं)डितसोमचंद्र नुरधो माधुयधुर्या व्यधात् ।
कर्पूरप्रकराविकाव्य कथिता एताः कथा सप्रवाः ॥२॥ सप्तपंचाशदधिका शतमख्यान्वित कथामहोदाधग्रन्थो हयगयै विनिर्मम ॥३॥ निरवद्यगद्याक्षरसर्वाग्रसंख्यया ।
अष्टादश(श)ीमानमस्मिन् ग्रंथे हि विद्यते ॥४॥
ग्रंथानं १८०० ॥ छ l etc. Reference.-- Karpúraprakara together with the commentary of
Jinasāgara and the kathās of Somacandra is published by Hiralal Hamsaraj, Jamnagar in A.D. 1916. For quotations see Weber (II, p. 110: ff.) and Peterson, Report III. A. p 316 ff. For additional Mss. see Jinaratnakośa ( Vol. I, p.66),
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Kathāratnākara
776. No. 92
1895-1902. Size.- 101 in. by 4g in. Extent.- 71+1=72 folios; 15 lines to a page; 56 letters to a line. Description.- Country puper thin and white; Devanagari cha.
racters; small, clear and fair hand-writing ; borders not ruled; foll. numbered as usual ; fol. 1a blank; red chalk used; several foll. worm-eaten; condition very fair; lacunae on fol. 546; fol. 65 repeated ; out of 10 tarangas s are complete and the 6th goes up to a narrative of the wife of Priyangu, a Brahmin; it is numbered as 129; composed
in Samvat 1657. Age.-- Not modern
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