Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1871 | 921,688 words
These pages represent a detailed description of Sanskrit manuscripts housed in various libraries and collections around the world. Each notice typically includes the physical characteristics, provenance, script, and sometimes even summaries of the content of the Sanskrit manuscripts. The collection helps preserve and make accessible the vast herit...
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128 Prasnottara. Thirty-six questions relating to the doctrine of the Jaina religion with thus answers. By Jayasena. He wrote this at the command of one Jina Simha at Labhapura, the head-quarters of the Jainas of the Kharataragachchha. Beginning. natva srisarvajna ' dhyatva srutadevatam visesena | gurucaranambujasevam krtva vighnavyapohaya || kharataraganarajanam srimajjinacandrasurirajanam | rajye sraulabhapure pramoda manikyaganisisyaih || srijinasimhagurunamajnatah pravacananusarena | jayasomopadhyayaih prasnanamuttarani likhyante || tatha je likhya yapana sravaka samayaka -ityadi | End. prasnottarani likhata likhitamanabhogato yadutsvacam | tatsamsodhyam sudhiya vicaryya siddhantaparinaih || sragamaparamparabhyam yadavagatamativamandamatinapi | tallikhitamihasti na maya kevalam drstiragena || Colophon. iti sriprasnottaram sampurnam || samvat 1656 | visayah | jainasastriyasatcimsat prasnanamuttarakathanam | No. 3390. samaradityacaritram | Substance, country-made paper, 14 x 6 inches. Folia, 305. Lines, 13 on a page. Extent, 10,639 slokes. Character, Nagara. Date, ? Place of deposit, Valuchara, Panchayatapau- sala. Appearance, new. Prose and few verses. Generally correct. Sanskrit. Few Magadhi verse. Samaraditya-charitra. A biographical account of Samaraditya, written in Sanskrit from a Prakrit work on the same subject by the Haribhadra Muni. Haribhadra's work is very difficult, our authoress renders it in easy Sanskrit. Her name is Sumati Bardhana Muni, a disciple of Beni-sundara who was a disciple of Iladharma. Iladharma again derived his knowledge of the Jaina religion from Kirtivardhana, an immediate disciple of Jinamukha, the head of the Brihat Kharataragachchha. There are three classes of Jaina works which are recited before a