Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in Jain Bhandars at Patan

SR No.: 011005
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Lalchandra B Gandhi
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1937
Total Pages: 591
Language: English
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 32 MB

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( 58 ) Surasundari Kuthāby Dhaneśvara, pupil of [Jineśvara and] Buddhisāgara ; composed in Samvat 1095. Granthügra 3800.
Siti Caritra-A Prākrta poem on the life of Sītā by Mahasūri, composed probably in the 11th century. Granthūgra 3200.
Vijayacandra Kevuli Caritra” by Candraprabha Mahattara, pupil of Amayadeva = Amstadeva.
Sandes'arāsaka—a message of a lady separated from her husband in Prākıta and Apabhraṁs'a. The metrus employed are Dohās, Gāthās, Pajjhatikäs, etc.
Mahipala Kruthamby Viradeva, pupil of Municandra.
Vasudeva lIindi3-on the exploits of Vasudeva, the father of Krşņa is a Brhatkathā divided into Lamba bha )kas. The writers of the 12th and 13th centuries praise Bhadrabāhu (3rd century B.C.) for writing this fine and voluininous work containing 125,000 Granthas:
“I salute Bhadrabāhu who composed the life of Vasudeva full of very interesting stories, in 125,000 Granthas”4.
(Säntināthacaritra by Devacandra, guru of Hemācārya, composed in Samvat 1160.)
The MS of the work in the Bhandars mentions Sanghadāsa as the author of the first khaṇda and Dharmasena as that of the second. The granthāgra of both is 28000. I, however, obtained information that a MS of the whole work consisting of about 2000 folia and containing 125000 granthas was sold away by a Yati, to a jeweller of Calcutta for a sum of Rs. 1000/-. This may be the original work of Bhadrabāhu, while the MSS in the Bhandars may be epitomes of the larger work.
Tarangaloli—is a prose romance possessed of high literary qualities, by Padaliptācārya who is said to have flourished in the time of Sālivāhana.
1 Printed in the Jain Vividha Sahitya Sastramāla, Benaras. No. 1, 2 Printed in the Jain Dharma Prasāraka Sabhā, Bhavnagar. 3 Printed in the Jain Ātmānanda Grantharatnamāla, Bhavnagar, 4 Vide p. 335 of the edition.
5 This is only an epitomo of the original work of Padaliptasūri. Published in Roman type-as Tarangavati-by Ernst Leumann, Munchen 1921. Gujarati Translation by Keshavlal P. Modi, Ahmedabad.