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NARRATIVE TALE IN JAIN LITERATURE
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CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE JAINA DHARMAKATHĀ LITERATURE
COMPILED BY SATYA RANJAN BANERJEE
Author
Works
Contents and Comments
Chronology by centuries
Tarangavati
3rd/5th cent A.D. Pādaliptācārya
(Pālitta Sūri)
The original is lost. But its story is told by an unknown author in his Tarangarolă (1643 A.D.)
8th cent. A.D.
Haribhadra Samarāicca-kahā Sūri (705.775 A.D.) (in prose with
inserted verses)
At last, the heroes and the heroines renounce the world after all sorts of adventures.
Uddyotana Sūri (779 A.D.)
Kuvalayamālā. сатрӣ
10th cent. A.D.
Siddharşi (906 A.D.)
Upamiti-bhava prapanca-kathā
It is a narrative in which the mani. foldness of existence is presented in parable.
Vijayasimhasūri (918 A.D.)
Bhuvanasundari Katha
Somadeva Sūri (959 A.D.)
Yaśastilaka campū (comple- ted in 959 A.D.)
The contents of this book are based upon Gunabhadra's Uttarapurāņa.
Dhanapala (a Svetāmbara 970 A.D.)
Tilakamanjari (970 or 10181055 A.D.)
Bhavisatta-kathā
Dhanapāla (a Digambara)
Jivandharacampū The story of Jivandhara is treated
Haricandra (a Digambara)
here.
10th cent. A.D.
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