Mahavira Jain Vidyalay Suvarna Mahotsav Granth Part 1

Author(s): Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya Mumbai
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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402 SHRI MAHAVIRA JAINA VIDYALAYA GOLDEN JUBILEE VOLUME
a white bird, a parrot-like red bird, and a crane, (4) a parrot and a peacock. Red background. Size: 9 x 10.3 cm. (Fig. 19)
Samgrahani-Sutra manuscript dated V. S. 1641 (=1587 A. D.) written at Cambay, from the collections of Muni Sri Punyavijayaji.
Only one painting from this manuscript is illustrated here to show the style. Cambay is not very far from Matar where Govinda painted the Samgrahani dated in 1583 A. D.
The colophon of this manuscript reads संवत् १६४४ वर्षे मागर्सर मासि शुक्र पाल्यो अष्टमां तभी सोमवासरे लषितं स्तंभतीर्थे || Written in Stambhatirtha (Cambay ) on Monday, on the eighth day of the bright fortnight of the month. Margasirsa in Samvat year 1644 (= 1587 A. D.)
Size of the manuscript: 25.5 x 11 cm.
Folio 17 A: Illustrations of Samsthānas.
A panel showing six women in different compartments. A label below reads समाचार संसधान. Possibly they illustrate the different samsthānas (i. e., frames or built of bodies of human beings) according to Jaina theological beliefs. Red background. The women are sitting in compartments (rooms) decorated with patterned hangings. The angularity in draughtsmanship is still maintained. The dress, ornament etc. could be compared with the Matar Samgrahani of 1583 A. D. Size: 25.5 x 11 cm. (Fig. 20)
Uttaradhyayana Sutra copied at Anjara-nagara (in Kaccha), from the Collections of Muni Sri Punyavijayaji (No. 1/84) Size of the manuscript: 25.5 x 11.5 cm.
Total folios: 67.
The style of paintings suggests a date c. 1600 A.D. or c. 15801600 A.D.
Colophon : लिपीकृता श्री १०८ हंसप्रमोद महोपाध्यायानां शिष्य मुख्यवाचनाचार्य श्री ६ चारुदत्तगणीनां शिष्येण पण्डित कनकनिधानमुनिना । श्रीमदंजारनगरस्थितेन । स्वज्ञानवृद्ध्यर्थं । xxxx Copied by Pandit Kanakanidhāna muni, the pupil of Śrī Cārudatta gani Vacanācārya, who is the chief disciple of Mahopadhyaya Śri Hamsapramoda. (This was done while) Staying in Sri Anjaranagara.
Folio 2 A
Discipline of Monks.
The scene is divided into two sections, the upper one shows a stylised tree, on the right is a monk carrying another monk on his shoulders; either this represents a wise pupil serving his master, in which case the one who wails is the pupil or the scene represents a