Narrative Tale in Jain Literature

Author(s): Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Asiatic Society

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NARRATIVE TALE IN JAIN LITERATURE
Author
Works
Contents and Comments
Chronology by centuries
Soddhala
Udayasundarikathā (composed bet. 1026 & 1050 A.D.)
12th cent.
lor
Devabhadra (1101 A.D.)
Stories in Prakrit and Sanskrit
Kathākosa/or Kathāratnakoşa (Pkt. + Skt.) Kathānakakosa (Pkt.)
| 140 gāthās
Vinayacandra (1109 A.D.)
13th cent.
102 gāthas
Bhāvadevasūri (1255 A.D.) Dharmaghosa
Kālakācāryakathānaka (Pkt.) Kathārņava (Pkt.)
208/218 găthās
14th cent.
Merutunga
Divided into five prakāśas
Prabandhacintāmaņi (completed in 1306 A.D.)
100 stories
Maladhāri Rājasekhara (1348 A.D.)
Antarakathā samgrahalor Kathāsaņgraha (Skt.)
Rājasekhara Prabandhakoșa Sūri (1348 A.D.) 1 (Skt.)
24 stories (prabandhas)
15th cent.
Jinasāgara (1435 A.D.) Somacandra (1448 A.D.) Udayadharma (1450 A.D.) Subhasila (1452 A.D.)
Karpūraprakaraña 150 stories tīkā (Skt. + Pkt.) Kathāmahodadhi 157 stories (Pkt. + Skt.) Dharmakalpadruma (Skt.) Kathākoşalor Bharatādi-kathā It contains many stories (Pkt.)
and its vrtti is written in Sanskrit.
Kathāsamgraha
Sarvasundara (1453 A.D.)
Naracandra Sūril Kathāratna(1463 A.D.) sāgara
15 tarangas