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
511. NARASAI MEHTĀNUM MAHĀMERU (G) of Premānanda
Caturvedi Brahmana composed in V. S. 1739 (A. D. 1683) at Vadodara, LD. No. 4550( K), size 24.5x12.5 cms.; copied by Nāgaji, son of Rājaguru Bhavanaji at Sanavāgrāma in c 19th
century V. S. It has 20 illustrations. 512. DEVĪBHAGAVATI-MĀHĀTMYA (Mārkandeyapurāṇāntar
gata ), LD. No. 4555(K), folios 37, size 21-5x108 cms. It has
29 illustrations. Copied in c 19th century V. S. 513. LOKAPRAKĀŚA of Upādhyāya Vinayavijaya, HB. No. 2371,
folios 422, size 30.2x14 cms.; copied in V. S. 1947 (A. D. 1890).
It has several illustrations, 514. SANGRAHANI-PRAKARANA (P) of Śricandrasūri, JP. No.
160, folios 140, size 25,3x11.8 cms.; copied in c 20th century V. S.
The manuscript contains a commentary in old Gujarati. 515. SANGRAHANI (P) of Śrīcandra with STABAKA (G), LD.
- No. 4576(K), folios 62, size 24x12 cms.; copied in c 20th
century V. S. It has 14 illustrations. 516. MADHUMĀLATI, LD. No. 5988(K), folios 86, size 26x23.5
cms.; copied in c 19th century A. D. It contains 82 illustrations. 517. MADHUMĀLATĪ, LD. No. 5912, folios 123, size 30.5x31.5 cms.;
copied at Palanpur in c 20th century A. D. It has 234 illustrations.
MANUSCRIPTS COPIED ON CLOTH, SOME WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 518. PRATIŞTHĀKALPAVIDHI of Gunaratnasūri in Sanskrit and
Gujarati, JP. No. 196, size 471x27.5 cms. It was copied on cloth in scroll-form in V. S. 1780 (A. D. 1723) at Cambay. In the beginning (30x27cms.) it is illustrated and there are illustra
tions in between the text also. 519. KACCHŪLĪRĀSA in Old Gujarati, composed in V. S. 1363,
HJP. No. 2, folio no. 79th, size 26"x5.3"'; copied on cloth in scroll form in V. S. 1408 (A. D. 1352). Kacchuli is a village near Mt. Āburoad station. This work describes mainly the religious performances of Udayasimhasūri.