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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
(6. with a little space between the two pairs; foll. numbered as usual ; red chalk used occasionally; condition tolerably
good. Age.- Appears to be at least 150 years old. s Author.- Not mentioned. Subject.-A narration of Ajāputra in Sanskrit starting with
Sanskrit verses which are intercepted by prose passages
and quotations. On the whole it is an interesting work. . Begins.-- fol. 1
पुण्यप्रभावतो जंतरिह लोगे(के)ऽपि सौख्यभाग् ।
Tamant og i FIAsa fasgar: 11 11 etc. Ends.-- fol.gb papega saar AISTA FATART I Hat VÅNIT TT fanta aer!
च तस्याः किव(य)त्कालं वियोगदुःखं दत्तवान् । तदुखकर्मतः पित्राविनियोगतो अमन यत् पुण्यं तत्तव्यास्तेन राज्यसंपदो व्याप्तकानित्यजापुत्रकथा
॥6॥ शुभं भवतु ॥ भीरस्तु ।। छ । ग्रंथायं ५०० Reference.- Only this Ms. is noted in Jinaratnakośa (Vol. I, p. 2 ).
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अजापुत्रकथा
Ajāputrakatha No. 7
1571.
1891-95. Size:- toj in. by 4; in. Extent.— 13 folios ; 16 lines to a page ; 40 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thick, tough and grey ; Devanagari
characters.; bold, clear but not very good hand-writing i borders ruled in two lines in red ink ; their edges ruled singly in the same ink; foll. numbered as usual; white chalk used in place of yellow pigment; complete; condition
excellent; composed in Siņi(ji) in Saivat 1561. Age.-- Samvat 1926. Author.- Panțita Dharmadeva, pupil of Saubhagyaratna Sari,
successor of Guņadhira Sūri. Subject. - Lise-story of king Ajāputra in Gujarati in singable
30
metres.
