The colophon of manuscript 4, partly in Kannada and translated by the editor, gives the line of…

The colophon of manuscript 4, partly in Kannada and translated by the editor, gives the line of copying: Śrī Bālacandra Bhaṭṭāraka copied the work on Thursday, Jyeṣṭha śukla 2 of the Saumya year, Śālivāhana Śaka 1351, and his disciples copied from it; from those copies Vaidya Nemaṇṇa Paṇḍita, son of Decaṇṇa of the Indravaṁśa, of Tumaṭakūr, made a copy on Friday, Kārtika śukla 15 of the Ānanda year, Śaka 1476; and from the copy written by Vaidya Bhujabali Paṇḍita, son of Vaidya Candrapparaya of the Indravaṁśa of Raichur, Śrī Nirgrantha Mahendrakīrti wrote it on a Friday of Vaiśākha śukla in the Khara year, Śaka 1573, at the holy place Cākūr in the presence of Śrī Pārśvanātha.

Why it is kept for review: Manuscripts used for the edition (dated line of copying).

अर्थात् शालिवाहन शकवर्ष 1351 सैम्य संवत्सर के जयेष्ठ शु. 2 गुरुवारको श्रीबालचंद्र भट्टारकजीने इस ग्रंथ की प्रतिलिपि की। उस पर से उनके शिष्यों ने प्रतिलिपि ली।