Manuscripts from Indian Collection

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

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Āchārya Yativrishabha (6th century A.D.) wrote churni sutras on it in 6000 slokas. Thereafter, in the 9th century A.D., Āchārya Virasena wrote an exhaustive commentary on it in 20000 slokas; this was, however, completed by his pupil Jinasena by the addition of another 40000 slokas. This commentary is known as the Jayadhavala,
14 illustrated folios.
Lent by the Trustees of the Siddhānta Bäsadi at Moodbidri (South Kanara) through the kind courtesy of Babu Chhotelal Jain of Calcutta.
ŚĀNTINĀTHA KALAŠA
(Jaina text) Foll. 21; size 20.5 x 7.7 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 9 lines to a page; Apabhraíśa; dated Samvat 1350 (A.D. 1293). Author: Jineśvarasūri (A.D. 1275-1300); scribe: Vinayasamudra, pupil of Jineśvara.
Begins :
ufafafagafat 9493# I afafafya ay safet
Colophon : संवत् १३५० चैत्र सुदि १ रवौ रेवती नक्षत्र श्री जिनेश्वरसूरिशिष्येण विनयसमुद्र मुनि
देवराजपुरस्थितेन महाधरपुत्र मोलणनिमित्तं कलसबोलिपत्राणि लिखितमिति । Incomplete; the oldest paper manuscript in the collection.
Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad.
UTTARAPURĀNA (Life-story of the Tirthankaras after Rishabhadeva) Foll. 398; size 30 x 10 cm; paper; Devanāgari script; 10 lines to a page; Apabhraṁsa; dated Samvat 1391 (A.D. 1334). Author: Pushpadanta (10th century A.D.); scribe : Vahad Rāja-deva.
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