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MS. Sansk. c. 121

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Śīlāṅkācārya’s Ācārāṅgavṛtti, A. D. 1589.

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Ācārāṅgavṛtti of Śilāṅkācārya (as it is better spelt), a commentary on the first aṅga of the Jaina sacred canon, the Ācārāṅgasūtra

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] : namaḥ sarvavide | jayati samastavastuparyā-yavicārāpastatīrthikaṃ | vihitaikaikatīrthanayavādasa- mūhavaśāt pratiṣṭitaṃ | bahuvidhabhaṃgisiddhisiddhāṃ-tavidhūnitamalamalīmsaṃ | tīrtham anādinidhanagatam anupamam ādinataṃ jineśvaraiḥ ǁ 1 ǁ
Explicit: [135v] ity ācāryaśīlāṃgaviracitāyām Ācāraṭīkāyāṃ dvitīyaḥ śrutaskaṃdhaḥ parisamāptaḥ | cha | samāptaṃ Ācārāṃgam iti | graṃthāgraṃ 12000 | śrīḥ | cha | ācaraṭīkākaraṇe yad āptaṃ puṇyaṃ mayā mokṣāgamaikahetu | tenāpanīyāśubharāśim uccair ācāramārgraḥ pravaṇa ’stu lokaḥ ǁ 1 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iv + 130 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 36.8 × 15.9 cm.

Condition

the text is badly rubbed on ff. 67v, 71, 73, 74, 124, 130. F. 46 has been torn, and mended with grey paper.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

f. 130v: śrīpūjyaparamapūjyaparamaguruyu-gapradhānāvatārajagadguruśrī 6 śrīharavijayasūrīśva-ravijayarājye | Bhaṇasālīgotre Saṃghavīpāsavirarutasaṃ º-cāṃpā (?) likhitaṃ |

History

Origin: A. D. 1589.

f. 130v: saṃvat 1645 ⟨1589⟩ varṣe vaïśākhaśudi 6 śukravāradine |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 369).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1334, pp. 202-204

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1334, pp. 202-204

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