Treasures of Jaina Bhandaras

SR No.: 001583
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Umakant P Shah, Dalsukh Malvania, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1978
Total Pages: 274
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Literature, & Art
File Size: 19 MB

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Illustrated MSS on Paper Using Golden or Silver Ink
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golden ink, has 10 illustrations. There are illustrations also in margin.
420. KALPASŪTRA of Bhadrabahu in Prakrit, Dehla Jaina Upaśraya,
Ahmedabad, No. 70, folios 121. It was copied with golden ink by Mantri Kupa's son Soma at Gandharapura in V. S. 1516 (A. D. 1460). It has illustrations on folios nos. 1, 2, 15, 17, 21, 34, 37, 46, 51, 54, 57, 61, 63, 69, 74, 79, 82, 88, 93, 99 and 119.
421.
KALPASŪTRA of Bhadrabahu in Prakrit, Dehla Jaina Upaśraya, Ahmedabad, No. 74, folios 102 + 2. It was copied with golden and silver ink in V. S. 1516 (A. D. 1460). It has illustrations on folios nos, 1, 8, 17, 32, 39, 43, 47, 51, 53, 57, 69, 75, 76, 78, 84 and 101.
422. KALPASŪTRA of Bhadrabāhu in Prakrit, LD. No. 21561, folios
86, copied in V. S. 1517 (A. D. 1461 ) with golden ink at Patana by Vachaka Mantrī. It has 41 illustrations
423. KALPASOTRA of Bhadrabahu, Hansavijayaji Collection, Baroda,
No. 1400, folios 86, size 27 x 11 cms.; copied with golden ink at Yavanapur (i. e. Jaunpur in Uttara Pradesh) in V. S. 1522 (A. D. 1466). It has 40 illustrations and beautifully painted borders. This is one of the best illustrated MSS Ref. Khandalavala and Moti Chandra, 'AN ILLUSTRATED KALPASŪSRA PAINTED AT JAUNAPUR IN A. D. 1465,' Lalit Kala, no. 12 (1962), pp. 9-16 and plates; Moti Chandra, ‘JAINA MINIATURE PAINTINGS IN WESTERN INDIA,' pp. 148 ff. and p. 38, figs. 91-105.
We now agree with Khandalavala and Moti Chandra that “sahu Sahasarājaputrikaya" in the colophon of this Ms., does not refer to the painter of this manuscript, as formerly suggested by us in STUDIES IN JAINA ART. But the new suggestion of Khandalavala and Moti Chandra, in Lalit Kala, no. 12, pp. 12-13, that Kayastha Venīdāsa was the painter is not correct.