Descriptive Catalogue Of Manuscripts Vol 19

Author(s): Hiralal Rasikdas Kapadia
Publisher: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

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JAINA LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY
VOLUME XIX SECTION 11; NARRATIVES
PART III (a) The Svetāmbara Works (contd.)
बतचूलरास
Vankacūlarāsa
819 No. 637
1892-95 Size — 104 in. by 47 In. Extent - 6 folios; 11 lines to a page; 38 letters to a line. Description - Country paper thin, tough and white; Jaina Deva
nāgari characters; very big, perfectly legible, uniform and very good hand-writing; borders ruled in two lines in red ink; foll. numbered in both the margins ; fol. 1a blank; so is the fol. 10; in the left-hand margins, the title is variously written e.g. वंकचू । वंक०; and वंकचूलचुपई; in the centre of the numbered and upnumbered sides as well, there is some space kept black so that it forms a design; edges of the first and last foll.
partly worn out; condition on the whole good; complete. Age — Pretty old. Author - Not mentioned. Subject — Life of Vankacūla, a prince of Virāța country. It points
out the prowess of undertaking four vows (niyamas). This work is based on Dhimpuri-tirtha-kalpą, i. e. Kalpa 43 of Vividha-tirtha-kalpa. As the prince was adicted to vices such as gambling etc., he was exiled by his father. He wsnt to a jungle and stayed there with his wife and sister. There he came across a Jaina monk. As advised by him he took four vows :
1. He is also named as Vankacūda,