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SOURCES Surasundari, Mrigankalekha and Bhadrasingh-These are popular stories current in the Jaina tradition Their sources are not definitely known.
Mrigasundari-In V. S 1667, Kanak Kusal Gani wrote this story A second manuscript on the same is available, but the name of the writer is not known There are several versions of the same story in Gujarati
Nala-Damayantı-The story of King Nala and Queen Damayanti is well-known in the Indian mythology and is a part of the great epic, the Mahabharata Its Jaina version is available in Vasudeva Hindi, Tri-sasti-salaka-purusa Charitra, Pandava Charitra, Nenunatha Charitra, Kumarapala Pratibodha, Silopadesanala Vritti, Karpura prakara Tika, Amamasyami Charitra, Bharatesvara Baluvali Vritti and many others.
Anjana-Almost equally well-known in the Indian mythology is the story of pious Anjana, wife of Pavananjaya and the celebrated mother of Hanumana of the Ramayana fame The Jaina version is contained in Pauma Cariyu by Vimal Suri, Padnia Purana by Ravisena and Pauma Cariyu by Svayambhu. The story has been very lucidly retold by Acarya Hemachandra in Tri-sasti-salaka-purusa Charitra. In the 14th-15th century V S, poet Hastimalla produced a piece of drama based on the same theme Poems on it have been composed in Prakrit by Gunasamriddhi Mahattara, in Sanskrit by Punya Sagar Gani, and also by Upadhyaya Merusundara and Brahma Jinadasa
Narmada Sundari—The story was produced in Prakrit by Devachandra Suri and Mahendra Suri, in Apavramsa by Jinaprabha Suri and in Gujarati by Merusundara It bas also found a place in Vasudeva Hindi The story has been produced in 205 beautiful slokas in a work entitles Dharmakatha written in V S. 1339 In Sanskrit prose literature, the story has been included in Kama-kumbhadı Katha Samgraha
Madan & Dhanadeva—The story has been taken from a popular poetical work (rasakatha) which has 459 couplets. Its author is one Padmavijaya and the date and place of .composition respectively are 1857 y. S and Rajnagar (Ahmedabad) A copy of this work in mss form is preserved in the collection of Srimali Jain Upasraya at Jamnagar. On the initiative of Sri Ramanikvijayji, it has been printed in
