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MS. Sansk. d. 294

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Navatattvāvacūri, 17th cent.?

Contents

The Navatattvāvacūri, a commentary on the Navatattva

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1] vīraṃ viśveśvaraṃ natvā navatatvāvacūrṇikāṃ | vakṣye svānyopakārāya graṃthāṃtaravilokanāt ǁ 1 ǁ tatrādyagāthām āha | jīvā | jīvaś cidvān | ajīvo niścetanaḥ | puṇyaṃ śubhaprakṛtirūpaṃ | viparītaṃ pāpaṃ | āśravati āgachatī karmmānenety āśrava iṃdriyādiḥ | tannirodhaḥ | saṃvaraḥ | nirjarā vipākāt tapasarvo (?) karmapariśāṭaḥ | baṃdho jīvakarmaṇor atyaṃtāśleṣaḥ | mokṣaḥ | sarvakarmamuktasyātmanaḥ | sthitiḥ | cāśabda evārthe | etāny eva navatatvāni | tathā siddhāṃiokta-prakāreṇa jñātavyāni |
Explicit: [6v] jīvāº spaṣṭā ǁ 25 ǁ sughoº sugamāḥ | aṃtoº | ’pagatam arddhaṃ yasmāt asāv apārddhaḥ apārddhaś cāsau pudgalaparāvarttaś ca apārddhaº | pudgalaparāvarttasvārūpaṃ pūrvasūrikṛtagāthābhyo yathā jñeyaṃ | iti Navatatvāvacūriḥ | cha | śubhaṃ bhavatu | śrī | cha |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iii + 6 + xli
Dimensions (binding): 27.3 × 11.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style, small, 19 lines on a page, 73 akṣaras in a line.

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

probably about the beginning of the 17th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 443).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1363, pp. 215-216

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. 1363, pp. 215-216

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