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 Manuscripts on Paper
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442. SĀNTINĀTHACARITA in Sanskrit of Ajitaprabhasūri, LD. No.
21356, folios 156, size 26.4x11.2 cms.; composed in V. S. 1307 and copied in V, S. 1453 (A. D. 1396 ). It has 10 illustrations. Ref. Moti Chandra and U. P. Shah, NEW DOCUMENTS OF JAINA PAINTINGS, pp. 46 ff.; p. 19, figs. 13-16, colour-plate
II B. 443. PĀRŚVANĀTHACARITRA-MAHĀKĀVYA of Kalakacārya
Santānīya Bhāvadevasūri in Sanskrit, HJP. No. 2107, folios 218, size 11"x4.8''. It was copied in V. S. 1455 (A. D. 1398 ). It has illustrations on folio nos. 1 and 2.
444. PĀRSVANATHACARITRA of Muni Mānadeva in Sanskrit,
DA. No. 14, folios 140, size 12"x4.5"; copied in V. S. 1463 (A. D. 1406) at Rāņapur. It has three illustrations on folio
nos. 1, 136 and 137. 445. PĀRŚVANĀTHACARITRA (in verse) of Māņikyacandrācārya
in Sanskrit, DA. No. 4, folios 215, size 13.3''x4.3''; copied in V. S. 1467 (A. D. 1410 ). There are illustrations on leaves
nos. 1, 2, 213 and 214. 446. SUPĀSANĀHACARIYA (in Prakrit) of Laksamanagani who
composed it in V. S. 1199, HJP. No. 15069, folios 443, size 11.5"x4.5". It was copied in V. S. 1480 (A. D. 1423) at Devakulavataka (Delvāda) in Mewad. It has 30 illustrated folios containing 37 illustrations. Ref. Muni Punyavi jaya jî, SUPĀ. SANĀHACARIYAM NI HASTALIKHITA POTHIMAMNĀ RANGINA CIRTO', ĀCĀRYA ŚRĪ VIJAYAVALLABHASŪRI SMĀRAKA GRANTHA, Bombay, 1956, pp. 176-180, colour plates I-IV; Nawab, “THE OLDEST RAJASTHANI PAINTINGS FROM JAINA BHANDĀRAS, (Ahmedabad, 1959), pp. 28 ff., figs. 58-59, 61-64, 66-69, 71-74, 76–77, 79-82, 84, 85, 87-95, 106, 127, 140, 145; Moti Chandra and U. P.
Shah, op. cit., p. 20 and pp. 69 ff. and plate III. 447. CANDRAPRABHASVĀMĪCARITRA of Devendrācārya in
Sanskrit, DA. No. 45, folios 167, size 11"x4.5". It was composed 10