Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts In the Central Provinces and Berar

SR No.: 011132
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Rai Bahaddur Hiralal
Publisher: Central Provins and Berar
Total Pages: 887
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 27 MB

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the seat was divided in twain by his two pupils Gunachandra and Dharnabhashand. The second disciple of Prabhachandra established a seal at Chittor and the third at Malayak hedd in V.S 1319. Ratnakirtti of Malayak he.lapatta, while on a pilgrimage tu Gumirates ara, started a seat at Humvacha. The pontifts of this seal ure invariably named Devendrakirtti. Dharmabboshana of Malayakheda went on pilgrimage to Mukta. giri in V.S. 1575.ind established a scal at Karaña.
The Senagana to which belongs the second temple al The Senag..dia and Käraja, is a branch of the famous Senagana Kashthi-singh tem of the South which once produced Viraples
Sena, the author of Jayadha ala tiki, Jinasenia, the author of Adi-puran, and his illustrious pupil Gunabhadra, the author of Uttara-purana. The circunstances
and the time of the establishment of a branch of this game at Kärană are unknown. The third temple belongs to käsliga sangha, which according to Dr. lloerule arose in the time of Umasvami (A.D. 44). But the Jainas believe that it uriginated about the Sth Century 1.D
All these three temples possess a five collectior of old General condition of manuscripts, the Balatkaragand collection the manuscripts. being the biggest. All the records are written ou paper in Nagari characters except a few on palm leaves in Kanarese characters. The manuscripts are well prescried. The oldest of them is that of Upasakichand of Samantabhadra with a commentry by Prabhachandra It is dated in V.S. 1415, Sunday, the bright fortnight of the month of Magha corresponding to 612 June 1359 A.D. Another inanuscript of Panchistikaya of Kundu hunda chatya is dated in V.S. 1468, when Viranmadeva was reigning u Gopachala (Gwalior). A few more manuscripts are dated in the same century and hence are more or less 500 years old.
I tried to ascertain the dates of the oldest Sanskrit ani The oldest mamu. Prakrit records in Indian libraries and scripts in lodu.. addressed the keepers of about 75 collections but only four or le responded to the call. The following table shows some of the dates furnished by them -
Governicut Oriental Manuscripts Bhagavadgiti dated Saha 1611 corre. Library, Mudras,
sponding to Friday, the agrd October
1090 A.D. Baroda Central Library ... Yajñavalkya Smriti Vyakhya Mita
Ashari dated Sainvat 14421385A.D. Banciya Sahitya Parishada, Cal. Mahabharata-Adi-parva dated Saka cutta.
1322 1400 A.D. Banga Bibudha Sabha Nawad wapt. Mantra Mahodadhi Sarrvat 1179
1122 A.D. Bhandarkar Oriental Research Upamitibhavaprapancha katha of Sam. Institute, Poona,
vat 961=905 A.D.