Manuscripts from Indian Collection

Author(s): National Museum New Delhi
Publisher: National Museum New Delhi

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Acharya Bhütabali wrote the Mahabandha (Mahadhavala). It is the longest Prakrit Sutra consisting of 40,000 slokas.
The colophon of the Mahadhavala manuscript states that it was copied through the munificence of Säntisena's queen, Mallikabbe for the purpose of presentation to an erudite sage, Maghanandi.
Lent by the Trustees of the Siddhänta Bäsadi at Moodbidri (South) Kanara) through the kind courtesy of Babu Chhotelal Jain of Calcutta.
KASHAYAPAHUDA (JAYADHAVALĀ)
(On the Karma philosophy of the Jainas)
Foll. 516; size 68.5x7 cm; palm-leaf; Kanarese script; 12 to 14 lines to a page; Prakrit; the commentaries in Präkṛit alternating with Sanskrit. Author: Gunadhara (1st century B.C.); commentators: Yativṛishabha (6th century A.D.) and Virasena (9th century A.D.).
Begins :
ಪುಬ್ಬಮ್ಮಿ ಪಂಚಮ್ಮಿ ದು ದಸಭೆ ಜನ ಸಾಪಡೆ ತದಿಣ ವಿಟ್ಟಂತಿ ನಾಹು ಡಮ್ಮಿ ದು ಹವದಿ ಕಸಾಯಾಣ ಪಾಹುಡಂ ಣಾ ಮ || ೧ ||
The colophon states that a certain Bhujabali Anna Śreshthi got it copied and presented it to Padmasena Muni.
The teachings of the Jaina Tirthankara, Mahävira (6th century B.C.) were arranged into twelve angas by his pupil, Indrabhûti Gautama, and were orally handed down from generation to generation. But gradually they fell into oblivion.. According to the Digambara tradition the canons of the twelve angas are forgotten; only a portion of them was known to Acharya Gunadhara (1st century B.C.) and Acharya Dharasena (1st century A.D.) and whatever of it survived is preserved in the ancient scriptures known as the Kashayapahuda of Gunadhara and the Shatkhandagama and the Mahabandha of Dharasena.
Acharya Gunadhara wrote the Kashayapāhuḍa in 233 Gatha Sutras.
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