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NARRATIVE TALE IN JAIN LITERATURE
Author
Works
Chronology by centuries
Contents and Comments
Vādirāja sūri
Jasodhara-carita | It is a work in 4 cantos based on
Gunabhadra's Uttarapurāņa
11th cent. A.D.
Malayasundari. kathā
It is a love-story between the Prince Mahābala and the Princess Malayasundari.
Dhaneśvara
Surasundari cariyam (in Prakrit)
Gadyacintāmaņi Ksatracudāmaņi
The story of Jivandhara is told in these books.
Odeyadeva Vādibhasimha (a Digambara Māņikya Suri
Yośodharacaritra
13th cent. A.D.
MaladhāriDevaprabha
Mpgāvati-caritra
It contains the legends of Udayana and his wives Vāsavadattā and Padmāvali. History is based on Haribhadra's Avaśyaka commentary and Hemacandra's Parisista parvan.
15th cent. A.D.
Māņikyasundara
Mahābala-Malaya It is a nice love story where ultisundari-kathā mately prince Mahābala becomes
a pious monk and princess Malayasundari a pious nun.
Jayatilaka
Malayasundari. carita (Sanskrit)
This work is a basis of a Gujarāti poem in the 18th century,
15th cent. A.D.
| Căritrasundara
Mahipālacaritra
It is an epic in 14 cantos. It is a fairy-tale of king Mahīpāla.
Jñānasāgara Süri Ratnacuda-kathā Apart from the story of Ratnacuda, (second half of the
it contains. many witty and enter. 15th cent.)
taining story of the city of Arūtapura.
Subhasilaganin (1464 A.D.)
Pancasati. prabodha. sambandha
It is a book of 500 stories serving to awaken the Faith. In fact, the book contains 600 stories.
Jinakirti (middle of the 15th cent.)
Dāna-kalpa-druma Here almsgiving is lavishly
illustrated by means of stories
Amara Sūri
Ambada-caritra
It contains fantastic magical fairly tales.
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