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Jaina Literature and Philosophy [296 धनमित्रकथा
Dhamamitrakaths No. 296
1288 (.). __
1884-87. Size.- 11 in. by 4 in. Extent.- 13 folios ; 17 lines to a page ; 64 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper thin and white; Devanagari chara
cters with पृष्ठमात्राs; small, legible and good hand-writing%3B borders ruled in three lines in black ink; red chalk used ; yellow pigment used; foll. numbered as usual ; edges of every fol. more or less worn out; some foll. worm-eaten; condition fair ; complete. This Ms. contains additional works as under:अभपदाने शीलवतीकथा
_foll. 30-40 . दाने चंद्र-मानु-भीम-कृष्ण-सुंदर-कथा No. 215 foll -70 " भावपूजायाम् धनराजकथा
foll. 7-100 सुन्दरराजकथा ...
foll. Age- Not modern.:. :.:. . ___Author.- Not mentioned. Subject.-- This story of Dhanamitra illustrates the importance of
dāna in 149 verses in Sanskrit. 20 Begins.-fol. "
- ज्ञानवान् ज्ञानदानेन निर्भयोऽभयदानतः . ..
अन्नदनात सुखी नित्यं नीरोगो भेषजाद् भवेत् ॥ १॥ etc. ...तथाहि
अस्त्यत्र 'मगधा 'भिख्ये देशे 'राजपुरं' पुरं। , ..... .
तत्रास त्रासरहितां जयंतो नाम पार्थिवः ॥cretc. Ends.- fol. " २
ज्ञानं तु तदुपादेयं यत् स्यात् स्वस्य परस्य च । ... ... नाघातप्रकाशार्थमनदीपालयोपमं ४९ (१४९)॥ --
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