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Jaina Literature and Philosophy [292 द्वादशवतकथा
Dvādasavitatakatha No. 292
1108.
1884-87. Size.— 124 in. by sfin.
Extent.-- 5 folios ; 13 lines to a page ; 36 letters to a line. s Description.-- Country paper thick, tough and grey : Jaina Deva.
nāgari characters; big, quite legible, unisorm and good hand-writing; borders ruled in two lines and edges in one in red ink; dandas for the verses written in red ink; foll. numbered in the right-hand margin; fol. r blank ; edges of the first fol, slightly gone; condition on the whole good; in the first line a part of the line is so written that the alternate letters are in red and black inks ;
complete. Age.- Samvat 1770. Author.- Not known. Subject.- Stories pertaining to 12 vows of the Jaina laity. They
are an outcome of having seen the corresponding work of
Amradeva, a poet, in prose. Begins.-- fol. . ॥ ६०॥ ॐ नमः ॥
अथ द्वादशवतकथा लिख्यते ।। नेमीशं श्रीजिनं नत्वा भारती सुरुपत्कजं । कथा ब्याख्यायते स्तोका द्वादशव्रतसंभवा ॥१॥ 'जंबू'द्वीपेऽत्र विख्याते 'भारत' क्षेत्रमुत्तमं । ..
म्लेच्छायः खंडतां यातं कृत्रिमादिविवजितं ॥२॥ etc. 25 Ends.- fol. so
सकलमुखनिधानं कर्ममातंगसिंह .... जिनवर एखजातं स्वर्गसोपानपंक्ति । ..: विधिमिम मतिरम्यं स्वगहे कपाट
दुरिततिमिरभानु शर्मकामा भजंतु ॥ ९९ ॥ . . . असमगुणसमुद्रान् विश्वनाथाचिंताहीन
रहितनिखिलदोषान् स्वर्गमोक्षकहेतून् ॥ भवजलनिधिपोतान्नईदादीन गुरूंश्च ।
जगति विमलभक्त्या संस्तुवे विश्ववंद्यान् ॥१०॥ इति द्वादशजतकथा संपूर्णा। ..............
