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A. Katantra
Age -Samvat 1861.
For all other particulars see No. 36 of 1872-73 (=Serial No. 13 below] or 217 of 1892-95 [=Serial No. 14 below]. The present Ms. gives only the Sūtras without the Avacūri.
कातन्त्रविभ्रमसूत्र अवचूर्णिसहित
Kātantravibhramasutra
with Avacūrni
No. 13
36 1872-73
Size - 101 in. by41 in. Extent-5 leaves, 27 lines in a page, about 60 letters in a line. Description - Country paper, Devanāgari characters of the old Jaina
kind with पृष्ठमात्राs. Bold and legible writing. Fairly correct. Complete.
Age-Samvat 1710.
Author - The Avacūrpi was composed at Dhanalakkapura, in San
vat 1675, in the reign of Jinacandraraja, by Caritrasimha
Sadhu, pupil of Vacaka Matibhadragapi. Subject — The Kātantravibhramasūtra consists of 22 verses, con
taining words and word.combinations of the same or similar sound, and susceptible of different meanings. The
comm. on the same is named Avacārni. Begins - Text -
कस्य धातोस्तिबादीनांमेकस्मिन्प्रत्यये स्फुटं।
परस्परविरुद्धाणि रूपाणि स्युस्त्रयोदश ॥१॥ Com. -नत्वा जिनेंद्र स्वगुरुंच भक्त्या
तत्सत्प्रसादाप्तसुसिद्धिशक्त्या । सत्संप्रदायादवचूर्णिमेतां लिखामि सारस्वतसूत्रयुक्त्या ॥१॥ प्रायः प्रयोगा दुर्जेयाः किल कातंत्रविभ्रमे । येषु मोमूह्यते श्रेष्ठः शादिकोपि यथा जङ्गः ॥२॥
