2 TILMAG'ARIU are and description of these three Mss. utilized in constituting the text of the Vidyadharakānda are as follows: 1. Ms. P. From the Government Mss. collection deposited at the Bhandarkar Oriental Rescarch Institute, Poona. This Ms. is No. 1120 from the Collection of 1884-87 described in the 'Fifth Rcport of a Tour in Search of Sanskrit Manuscripts by Dr. R. G. Bhandarkar'. Paper Ms. size 11.1" x 4". 226 folios, of which folios No. 19, 24, 34, 164-172, 189-192 (16 in all) missing. About 13 to 16 lines per side. About 45 to 56 letters per line. Pegins on folio 1 verso. ends on folio 226 recto. Jain Devanāgarī script. Corrected at several places in a different hand, which casually notes variant readings also. Occasional marginal glosses in vulgar Sanskrit, which also appear to have been copied from an earlier Ms. On folio 1 recto is noted THATOTT (बालभाषायाम्).Colophon of P.॥छ।। संवत् १५२१ दरें added marginally) जेष्टमासे सुदि १० वुद्धवारे॥ श्रीगोपाच रदर्गे श्रीमल वला. कारगणे गरश्वतीगच्छे । श्रीनंदिसंधै। भ० ट्टारक श्रीकुंदवंदाचार्यान्वये । भ० । श्रीप्रभाचंद्रदेवा। तत्पट्टे । श्रीपमनंदिदेवा। तत्पट्टे श्रीशुभचंद्रदेवा । तत्पर श्री जिनचंद्रदेवा । तत्र श्रीपद्यनंदि-शिष्य-श्रीमदनकीतिदेवा। तत्-मिय-श्रीनेत्रानंदिदेवा। तन्निपिने पंडेलवालान्वये। लहाड्यागोत्रे। सं० गही धामा तद्भार्या धनधी नयो पुत्री सं० ईल्हा-वीला तत्र सं०ईन्हा-भार्या माध्वी सवीरी तयो पृथाः सं० वोहित्र-भरहा। मं० ईस्वर-पुत्री मूवा । एतनिज-न्यान्यावरणीय कर्म-प्य पारद पुस्तकं लिप्या पिनं॥ ज्ञानवा ज्ञानदानेन निर्भयोभयदानतः । अंन (the rest is illegible. as the case of the folio is damaged). Thus the Ms. is dated 1521 V.S. or 1464-5 A.D, and was copied at Gopācala-durga, i.e., Gwalior Fort. The anonymous marginal gloss is car! or to this date at least by several years, as it also seans to have iven copied from an earlier modci. Its Sanskrit is cureless. iurect and considerably vulgurized. At a few place: le gloss giius vernocular cavalcnts of the terris occurring in the text. 2. Ms. S. This Ms. belongs to the Mss. collection of the Jain Rhudar a tho Godikā temple in Samganer situated in Jaipur State Paper Ms. size 12" X 5-2,5" 358 folios, of which Nos. 149 and 150 are missing 1 hout 13 lines per side. About 40 letters prr line. Begins on folio 1 verso, ends on folio 358 verso. Jain Devanāgarī script. Bold hund. Colophon of S.:॥ छ । गमायणपुराणं समाप्तं ॥ चतुर्मगमिन्यादि गदा।। Iarginally '. a diferent and obviously later hand: 'siqa usis BITTER Fillegible fo : lexible) पं0 दयाराम-लछीरामाभ्यां गमायनाभिधानं मात्र मांगानेग्मिध्ये गानका देहरै सास्त्रं धन ।।११. Thus 1775 i.S. is the date of presenting the Ms. to the Bhandár The date of ::ying may be much earlier. On account of greater proportion of glim in the ink used for writing this Ms., many folios had got stuck with one another and hence the writing on several iges has been blurred or illegibly damaged. 3. Ms. A. This Ms. is from the Mss. collection in the Bhandar at Amer. Jaipur in the management of Sri Digambar Jain Alisay Kar Sri Mahāvirji Prabandh-Káriņi Committee, Jaipur. Paper Ms. size 11" X 4". 357 folios. About 13 lines per side. Abutit 39 letters per line. Begins on folio 1 verso, ends on
