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नन्दिताढ्य of रत्नचन्द्र with अवचूरि

Resource Type : Manuscript
Author : रत्नचन्द्र.
Subject : Prosody
Script : Devanagari Handwriting (Jain Style)
Notes/Description : Nanditadhya is a small metrical work in Prakrt, on Prosody. It consists of 95 gathas and is accompanied by a brief commentary in Sanskrt. Both the text and commentary were composed by a Jain writer Ratnacandra, who according to the Jain Granthavali, pp. 109 and 159, wrote his commentary on Munisundara's Adhyatmakalpadruma in Samvat 1674, (a MS.of this com., i. e. Kielhorn, Reports, II. No. 361,is dated Samvat 1683) and Hitopades’a in Samvat 1677. According to Peterson, Reports,III. p. 224, Ratnacandra belonged to the Mandavyapuragaccha,was the pupil of Devananda and had the title Mahakavi as he was the author of 108 prakaranas. For other MSS., cf.Bhandarkar, Reports, V. No. 1350 and Mitra,Notices, VIII. p. 181
Pages/Folios : Folios: 3 , Lines: 25 , Folio Size in Inches: 10.25 x 4.5
Identifier : MS_00000116
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