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Sarigrahaniratna, Or A Summary Of The GeographyOf The World, Composed By S'Ricandrasuri,Pupil Of Hemacandrasuri (See Above No. 1388 ),Pupil Of Abhayadevasuri Of The HarsapuriyaGaccha. S’Ricandra Composed In Sam. 1232, ATippana On His Guru’S Prades’Avyakhya OfHaribhadra’S S’Isyahita On Bhadrabahu’S Avas’Yakaniryukti.See Peterson, Reports, Iii. P. 14.He Also Wrote His Munisuvratacarita In Sam.1193 [Acc To Jainagranthavali (Bombay, 1909,)P. 242; This Is Probably Based On The Patan Mss.But The Quotation From The Work Given At Peterson,Reports, V. P. 7, Gives The Date Sam. 1120, WhichIs However, Impossible].The Original Text On Which Devabhadra HasCommented, Consists Of 274 Gathas Divided IntoSeven Dvaras Or Chapters. They Are:-(1)सुरेसु ठिइ16 Gathas; (2) सुरेसुभवण 78; (3)सुरेसु उंगाहणा 6; (4) निरयदार 96; (5) मणुयदार 18;(6) तिरियदार 27; (7) सामान्यद्वार 29; And प्रशस्ति4 [=Total 274]. Afterwards, However, SeveralGathas From Various Sources, Usually FromJinabhadra’S Sarigrahani On Which Our Text IsBased, Have Been Interpolated. Thus The TotalNumber Of Gathas In Our Mss. Is RespectivelyAs Follows—335; 278; 314; 324; 319; 329: 276;276 And 335. The Largest Number Of AdditionalGathas Is Found In The 2Nd Chapter. It Is 41In The First Ms. Sangrahaniratna Is Published With Devabhadra’SCommentary (See Next Number) In TheD. L. P. Series, No, 27, Bombay, 1915, And AlsoIn Jaina Dharmaprasaraka Sabha Series, No. 42,Bhavnagar. |