Jain Journal 2001 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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BANERJEE CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF JAIN LITERATURE
Chronological Development of the Kathanaka Literature compiled by Satya Ranjan Banerjee
Chronology by centuries
1st cent. A.D.?
(?)
10th cent.
11th cent.
12th cent.
Hariṣeṇācārya
Author
Śricandra (941-996 A.D.)
Bhadresvara (1064-94 A.D.) Dhanapala, a Śvetambara Jain
Devendragani (1073 A.D.)
?
Jinesvara Sūri (1092 A.D.) Soddhala
Devabhadra (1101 A.D.)
Vinayacandra (1109 A.D.)
Works
Kālakācāryakathānaka (Pkt.)
Bṛhatkathākoṣa (composition 93132 A.D.) (Skt.) Kathākoşa (Ap)
Kathāvali (Pkt)
Tilaka-mañjari (wrote in 970 A.D.)
Kathamanikoṣa (Pkt.) (or Akhyānamanikosa)
Kathakośa (last
quarter of the 11th cent.) Kathākoṣa (Pkt.)
Udayasundarikathā (composed
bet. 1026-1050 A.D.)
Kathākoşa/or Kathāratnakoṣa (Pkt.+ Skt.) Kathānakakoṣa
(Pkt.)
Contents and comments
It is the story of Kalaka who transferred the date of paryusana festival from the fifth to the fourth of the first half of the month of Bhadra. It is recited by the monks at the end of the Kalpasūtra None than 157 tales
53 tales
229
It narrates the accounts
of 63 Śalakāpurușa. It was composed in about 970 A.D. under Muñja Vākpatirāja of Dhārā.
41 Chapters
27 Stories
239 gāthās
Stories in Prakrit and Sanskrit.
140 gāthās