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MS. Sansk. d. 326

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Samyaktvakaumudīcaritra, A. D. 1753.

Contents

The Samyaktvakaumudīcaritra, a collection of Jaina tales in support of the Jaina tenets, especially as against Buddhism

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | śrīgurubhyo namaḥ | atha śrīsamyaktvakaumudīkathā likhyate | śrīvarddhamānam ānamya | jinaṃ devaṃ jagadguruṃ | vakṣye ‘haṃ Kaumudī nṛṇāṃ | samyaktvaguṇahetave ǁ 1 ǁ
Explicit: [40] śreṣṭinā Caureṇa sāṃtapuraḥsaparivāreṇa dīkṣā gṛhītā | anekaśāstrasiddhāṃtāni paṭhitvā ugratapaṃ kṛtvā ke ’pi mokṣaṃ ke ’pi devaloke jagmuḥ śrīśreṇiko narake gataḥ | samyaktvatatvapratipādikām imāṃ | kathāṃ nipīya śravaṇāmṛtopamāṃ | bhavyaṃtu bhavyā jinadharmanirmalāḥ | yathā syur iṣṭārthasamṛddhayo ’khilāḥ ǁ 1 ǁ iti śrīsamyaktvakaumudicaritraṃ saṃpūrṇṇaṃ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iii + 40 + xxx
Dimensions (binding): 27.0 × 12.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, some Jaina characteristics.

f. 40: likhitaṃ pūjyasthaviramahāṃtaśrī 6 śrībhīmasenajittachiṣyapūº-jiiaºsrī 5 moṭājittadaṃtevāsinā ṛṣiṇā Mahānaṃdena likhitā śrīprahlādanapure |

History

Origin: A. D. 1753.

f. 40: saṃvat 1820 varṣe śāº 1675 ⟨1753⟩ prº kārttikavadi 5 paṃcamītithau bhaumavāsare livīcakre |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 476).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1417, p. 245

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. 1417, p. 245

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