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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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mark D Roo which ought to stand in the beginning of the part in question.
B. A very good MS. in my collection, fols. 80 of 9 lines. It contains many pictures illustrating the text. The date of its completion is given at the end, samvat 1521, Âçvina su. di. 11, on a Tuesday. The sûtras are sometimes numbered, but not
throughout
C. A fair MS. in my collection, samvat 1761. It contains the Tabâ mentioned above. (5.)
E. A rather carelessly written MS. in the Berlin collection, MSS. or. fol. 647. It contains, besides the text, the Kalpântarvâcyas i. e. legends.
H. A modern MS. in the India Office Library, No. 1599. It contains the Tabâ mentioned above. (6.) No date.
M. A modern MS, in the Bombay collection. It contains the commentary called Kiranâvalî.
Besides these MSS., I have examined, but not collated, the following, ---
1) A MS. of the text and the Kalpalata by Samayasundara. In Dr. Bühler's collection.
2) A carelessly written but not very incorrect MS. in the Bombay collection. No date, perhaps 150 or 200 years old.
3) and 4). Two modern MSS. in the Bombay collection, containing the text of the Jinacaritra and the Sthavirâvalî only.
5) A MS. in my collection, containing the text and the Kalpadruma. Very inaccurate, samvat 1903.
6) A modern and very inaccurate MS. in the Berlin collection, MSS. or. fol. 638. It contains an anonymous commentary. Samvat 1759.
The MSS. 2-0, being rather carelessly executed, have proved of no value. I have, therefore, not given the various readings found in them, in the already numerous footnotes.
As regards the system of transcription, it should be kept in mind that each vowel forms it separate syllable. As the Jaina Prâkrit has no diphthongs, diacritic signs employed by other scholars are not required. The interpretation of Prâkrit texts presenting numerous difficulties, I have thought it expedient to separate the parts of compounds. As in some Jaina MSS. the signs | and I are used for punctuation, to a far greater extent than, but with as little consistency as, in Brahminical MSS., I have made a moderate use of our system of punctuation.
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