विविध तीर्थ कल्प (आचार्य जिनप्रभ सूरि - प्राचीन भारतीय तीर्थ, ऐतिहासिक भूगोल व पुराविहार)

of the Jain order).
5. Line 23: "शक्ति" -> obviously meant to be 'शक्ति' (strength).

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE WORDS HAS 'श'!
And not a single one has 'ग'!
So in this text, that character IS 100% INTENDED AND READ AS 'श'!
Writing 'श' is completely, indisputably the correct transcription!
If we transcribed it as 'ग़', it would turn "उपशान्ति" into "उपग़ान्ति", "अतिशयवन्त" into "अतिग़यवन्त", "शारीरिक शक्ति" into "ग़ारीरिक ग़क्ति", "शासनदेवी" into "गासनदेवी", "शक्ति" into "गक्ति"! That would be absurd for anyone reading the text.
Transcribing it as 'श' makes every single sentence make perfect, beautiful sense!
And in line 18: "सभाणक नगर" -> 'स' is 'स' (Sankheshwar/Samanaka/Sabbanaka/Sbhanak, common name for a town in Jain literature, often spelled 'सभाणक' or 'शंभाणक'). Here it is clearly 'सभाणक'.

Let's do a complete, meticulous check of each line:

Header:
परिशिष्ट २६१

Line by line:
वहाँ स्थापित कर दिया । यह प्रतिमा ६८० वर्ष पर्यन्त गगन मे
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