Mahavira Jain Vidyalay Suvarna Mahotsav Granth Part 1

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

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NEW DOCUMENTS OF JAINA PAINTINGS : 415
him are the horse-riders who had come to India with him but were separated, and who now finally meet him. On the left of the monk near his legs is kneeling a mad elephant in chains let loose on him by the Hastitāpasa monks. The elephant however suddenly kneels down and bows to the monk. Surprised at this, the Hastitäpasas also respected him and became his pupils. Red background. Size : 20.4 x 9.6 cm.
(Fig. 30)
Samgrahani dated in V. S. 1707 (= 1650 A. D. and painted at Navahar-nagara from the collections of the L. D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad (MS. No. 4566). Size : 25. 5 x 10.9 cm. Total folios : 67.
The colophon reads : Hac890S A HE URT erfart i steratti श्री सागरचन्द्रसूरिशाषायां । वाचनाचार्यवयं श्री समयकलशगणि तत्शिष्य वाचनाचार्य सुखनिधात्र (न). गणि तत्शिष्य पं. गुणसेनगणि ॥ लिखितं ॥xxx नवहरनगरे ॥ श्री जिनकुशलसुरिप्रसादात् ॥ free 11 11 & 11
Navaharanagara could be identified with Nauhar town, situated about 129 miles north-east of Bikaner city.53
Folio 41 B: The Hell-Tortures.
The illustration shows the tortures of hell such as hanging with head down over burning fire, pricking up of limbs by vultures, drowning in a river, piercing by sharp edged leaves, tormenting on a big slab of (stone or metal) killing with an axe or sword and embracing a hot figure of iron.
All the denizens of hell suffering hell tortures are painted blue and the tortures are painted yellow. Size : 20 x 9 cm. (Fig. 31)
Undated Samgrahaņi manuscript Muni Sri Punyavijayaji collection (MS. No. 8771). Size : 26 x 10.7 cm.
Colophon of this manuscript is deliberately erased with light black ink by some later hand over which is written in red श्री गौडी पार्श्वनाथ ॥ sit here garrail but the words Samvat 1732 varse Kārttika vadi 8, Budhe of original colophon are still visible. Thus the manuscript belongs to the middle of the seventeenth century A.D. (c. 1675 A.D.). The language of the stabaka (commentary) is Gujarati. The manuscript thus pro
53 Cf. Imperial Gazetteer, Vol. XX, p. 135,