Manuscript Illustrations Of Uttaradhyayana Sutra

SR No.: 007034
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: W Norman Brown
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Publication Year: 1941
Total Pages: 114
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & agam_aagamsaar
File Size: 11 MB

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INTRODUCTION
Devendra, finished in 1073 A. D., of which selections have been published in scattered places, while notes drawn from it are included in Charpentier's notes. The text and the commentaries serve to elucidate almost every point in the paintings.
The materials on which this monograph is based are chiefly as follows: DV Manuscript of the Uttarādhyayana Sūtra belonging to the Daya Vimalji Jñāna
Bhandār, Ahmadabad. 120 folios, elaborately ornamented with marginal decorations as well as paintings, the text written in gold ink on a red background. It is possible that this manuscript is dated, but I failed to get a photograph of
the final folio. The date should be the latter part of the 15th century. HV Manuscript of the Uttaradhyayana Sūtra belonging to the Hamsa Vijaya Jñāna
Mandira, Baroda. About 120 folios (exact number not noted). No date, but probably early part of 16th century. Compositions of paintings very much like
those of paintings in manuscript JM. JM Manuscript of the Uttarādhyayana Sūtra belonging to the Sri Mukti Kamala
Jaina Mohana Jñāna Mandir, Baroda. 108 folios. Dated samvat 1639 märgaśīrṣa sudi 11 dine (A.D. 1583). In the latter part of this manuscript the paintings are all misplaced. The paintings of this manuscript are much like those of HV,
and the two manuscripts may be closely related. JP Manuscript of the Uttarādhyayana Sūtra belonging to the Jainānanda Pustakalaya
(in possession of Mr. S. M. Nawab when I photographed it). 146 folios, of which folios 1-24 are no longer preserved. Dated samvat 1647 varșe bhādravā śudi terasi (A.D. 1591). This manuscript is the most fully illustrated of the four, having 45 illustrations in 25 chapters, and has the greatest amount of
originality in treating the scenes. Charpentier J. Charpentier, The Uttarādhyayanasūtra. Edited with an introduction,
critical notes and a commentary. (Archives d'Etudes Orientales publiées par J.-A. Lundell, vol. 18: 1, 2.) Upsala, Appelbergs Boktryckeri Aktiebolag,
1921, 1922. Jacobi H. Jacobi, Gaina Sútras Translated. ... Part 2: The Uttaradhyayana Sūtra,
the Sútrakritânga Sútra. Sacred Books of the East, vol. 45. Oxford, Clarendon
Press, 1895. Jayanta Muni Jayanta Vijaya, Uttarādhyayanasūtram, with commentary of Kamala
samyama. 4 vols. Agra, Lakşmicandra Jaina Library, 1923; Vijaya Dharma Lakşmi Jñāna Mandira, 1925, 1927, 1933. Only 3 volumes accessible to me, in spite of general inquiries throughout the United States, nor has it
been possible to get the fourth volume from India. Jo Helen M. Johnson, Trişaştisalākāpuruşacaritra. Vol. I, Ādiśvaracaritra, translated
into English (Gaekwad's Oriental Series, vol. 51.) Baroda, Oriental Institute, 1931. (Translation of the first sarga of the celebrated work by the Jain monk Hemacandra.)