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NARRATIVE TALE IN JAIN LITERATURE
CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE 63 GREAT MEN
COMPILED BY SATYA RANJAN BANERJEE
Author
Works
Contents and Comments
Chronology by centuries
9th cent. A.D.
Jinasena and Guņabhadra (9th cent. A.D.)
Trişaşti-laksana. mahāpurāņa or Mahāpurāņa
The book is divided into Adipurāņa and Uttarapuräna. The Adipurāņa has 47 chapters of which Guņabhadra has written the last 5 and the Uttarapurāņa. It also contains the story of Jivandhara.
Silācārya (868 A.D.)
Caüpanna-mahā. purisa-cariya
10th cent. A.D.
Puşpadanta
Tisatti-mahā. purisa.guņālam. kāra (in Ap)
11th cent. A.D.
Mahāpurāņa
Mallişeņa (1047 A.D.)
It contains the lives of 63 Great Men.
12th cent. A.D.
Hemacandra (1088-1172 A.D.)
Trişaști-salākā puruşa-caritra
The first one contains the lifestories of the 63 great men and the next one contains the lives of the Elders (Sthaviras)
Parisista-parva
14th cent. A.D. | Merutunga
(1306 A.D.)
Prabandhacintā mani
In the Mahāpuruşacarita in 5 sargas the lives of Rşabha, Neminātha, Sāntinatha, Pārsvanātha and Mahavira are told.
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