MS. Sansk. d. 238

MSS. Sansk. d.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Abhayadevasūri’s Upāsakadaśā-, Antakṛtadaśā-, Anuttaraupapātika-, Praśnavyākaraṇa-, Vipākavivaraṇa, 17th cent.?

Commentaries by Abhayadevasūri on five parts of the Jaina sacred canon.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

1. [fols. 1v-49]

The Upāsakadaśāvivaraṇa, being a commentary on the seventh aṅga

Incipit: śrīvarddhamānam ānamya vyākhyā kācid vidhīyate | Upāsakadaśādīnāṃ prāyo graṃthāntarekṣitā |

2. [fols. 49-65v]

The Antakṛtadaśāvivaraṇa, being a commentary on the eighth aṅga

Incipit: athāṃtakṛtadaśāsu kimapi vivriyate | tatrāṃto bhavāṃtaḥ kṛto yais te ’ṃtakṛtās tadvaktavyatā pratihaddhā daśāḥ daśādhyayanarūpā | graṃthapaddhataya iti | Aṃtakṛtadaśāḥ |

The Anuttaraupapātikavivaraṇa, being a commentary on the ninth aṅga

Incipit: athānuttaropapātikadaśāsu kiṃcid vyākhyāyate |

The Praśnavyākaraṇavivaraṇa, being a commentary on the tenth aṅga

Incipit: namaḥ sarvajñāya | śrīvarddhamān amya vyakhyā kācid vidhīyate | Praśnavyākaraṇāṃgasya vṛddhanyāyānusārataḥ

5. [fols. 304-349v]

The Vipākavivaraṇa, being a commentary on the eleventh aṅga

Incipit: namaḥ śrutadevatāyai | natvā śrīvarddhamānāya varddhamānaśrutādhvane | Vipākaśrutaśāmuṣya vṛttikeyaṃ vidhasyate ǁ

Explicit: samāptaṃ Vipākaśrutākhyekādaśāṃ-gapradeśavīvaraṇaṃ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 349 + ii. Ff. 342, 343 are missing, and the original foliation has 351 leaves.

Dimensions (binding): 27.9 × 12.7 cm.

Condition

ff. 342, 343 are lost.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

probably the middle of the 17th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 379).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1338 (1–5), pp. 205-206

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. 1338 (1–5), pp. 205-206

Funding of Cataloguing

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