This page has the final part of the colophon, which has, on line 1: śrīr astu:// kalyāṇam astu: // This means:  Prosperity // May there be good!// This kind of wish for good fortune is extremely common. It is addressed to the reader or any person who will have the manuscript in his hands. Then comes the part of the colophon which mentions those involved in the commissioning and use of the manuscript.

Text of the colophon

1. In the year 1645 [of the Vikrama era], in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, in the bright fortnight, on the ninth, 2. a Sunday // In the village [of] Navānagara, Mr Dhannā, Mr Jayamalla, Mr Mādhava, Mr Jodhā, Mr Jasū, Mr Vacharāja, etc. 3. with their family, sons and grandsons got [this manuscript] to be written. The Jñātā-dharma-kathā is now completely finished. Now, in the lineage of Sudharma-svāmin, [there was] Jambū-svāmin, and progressively 4. there was Candra-sūri. In the Candrakula, in the monastic order [of] Vidhipakṣa, the monastic leader, the venerable Sumati-sāgara. In his lineage, [was] the monastic leader Gaja-sāgara.  5. [This manuscript was copied] in order to be read by the monk Māṇikya-sāgara, the pupil of the learned monk Lalita-sāgara, the pupil of Gaja-sāgara. //cha// prosperity // //prosperity// //74// 6. The number of grantha units should be known as being 5464// cha// // cha// prosperity// cha// cha// prosperity// homage to the teacher// cha//

Comments

This is the traditional and complete way of giving the date, in the Vikrama era. It is equivalent to 1589 CE.  Navānagara, the place name, has yet to be identified.  All the proper names in line 2 refer to merchants or businessmen. The term sāha is a title, which is the ancestor of the common modern surname Shah. Here what the text means is that several lay men in the same family jointly paid for the copying of this manuscript. In this case, no female member of the family is involved in the process. Vidhipakṣa is another name of the Śvetāmbara monastic order known as Añcala-gaccha. Closely associated with the region of Kutch in Gujarat, this is a centrally organised monastic order headed by a pontiff with the title of sūri, sūrīśvara or bhaṭṭāraka. Sumatisāgara-sūri and the three other monks named here appear together in other manuscript colophons as well.