Jain Journal 2001 04

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

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BANERJEE: CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF JAIN LITERATURE
231
17th cent.
Kathākosa
collection of popular (Skt +Pkt.)
tales Uttamakumāra- Stories are allegorical carita-kathā (Skt.) and didactic. Pāpabuddhi-Dharma- Allegorical and didbuddhi-kathānaka lactic stories (Skt.) Samyaktva-kaumudi 27 stories (Skt. with Pkt. gāthas) Kathākosa
Ref. found in Jaina
Sahitya Itihāsa p. 168 Kathākosa
(trs. by C.H. Tawney,
London, 1895). Kathāmahodadhi 179 verses. Its com(Skt.)
mentary contains
150 tales. Uttamarși Kathāratnākara
(Skt.) Jinabhadra Upadešamālā Sarvanandi Kathāsamāsa Anandasundara Kathāsamgraha Somasundara Kathākosa Gani
Aghatakumāra kathā