Mahavira Jain Vidyalay Suvarna Mahotsav Granth Part 1

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

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416 : SHRI MAHAVIRA JAINA VIDYALAYA GOLDEN JUBILEE VOLUME
bably hails from Gujarat. It may be noted that the figure (face) of the monk on 29 A is somewhat similar to that of the monk in Ardrakumāra-Rasa published here (fig. 30) and that both the manuscripts hail from Gujarat. Folio 38 B : The Vimānas.
The painting shows three Vimānas as in folio 14 B of the Matar Samgrahani dated 1583 A.D. painted by Govinda. Each heavenly car carries a god and a goddess sitting in it. Red and blue background. Size : 14.5 x 10.5 cm.
Folio 29 A: Fruits of Actions.
Three scenes are depicted. In the first compartment a hermit (tāpasa) is performing penance surrounded by five fires. In the second compartment two Jaina monks are conversing. These represent the different actions and practices whose different fruits are described in the text and illustrated in a similar scene in the Matar Samgrahanī (folio 19 B). Red background. Size : 22.5 x 10.5 cm. Folio 30 A : Seven Modes of Self-Immolation.
Seven modes of self-immolation and their rewards are depicted. Refer to folio 19 B of the Matar Samgrahani-sūtra described above.
In the first compartment are depicted a man hanging himself, and another drinking poison; in the second compartment a man has drowned himself in a tank. In the lower panel, in the first compartment, a man is shown burning himself to death; in the second one, a man is shown starving himself to death, while the third compartment represents a man and a woman symbolizing moral degradation. In the side panel is represented a man throwing himself down from a mountain-top. Red background. Size : 22 x 10.5 cm.
GROUP VI Canda-rāja Rāsa of Darśanavijaya, dated in V. S. 1712 (= 1655 A. D.) from the collections of Muni Śri Punyavijayaji (No. 1/88), Size : 25.7 x 11.1 cm.
Total folios : 78 Several illustrated manuscripts of Rāsas dealing with the story of Canda-rāja are available. Of these three manuscripts are selected here; the first from Muni śri Punyavijayaji's collections is a paper manuscript written in V. S. 1712 (= 1655 A. D.) at a place called Vyāghrasenapura, as mentioned in the colophon, which is probably