Narrative Tale in Jain Literature

Author(s): Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Asiatic Society

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NARRATIVE TALE IN JAIN LITERATURE
Chronology by centuries
16th cent.
17th cent.
Author
?
Jinakirti
(mid 15th cent.)
Padmanandin (1496 A.D.)
Nemidatta (1530 A.D.) Śrutasagara (mid 16th cent.)
?
?
?
Hemavijaya
Katharatnākara
gani (1600 A.D.) | (Skt., Pkt. Apa.
Guj + Old Hindi) Kathakoşa
(Skt. + Pkt.) Uttamakumāracarita-katha (Skt.) PāpabuddhiDharma-buddhikathanaka (Skt.) Samyaktva
kaumudi (Skt. with Pkt. gāthās) Kathākoṣa
Kathākoṣa
Kathāmahodadhi (Skt.) Katharatnakara
?
Uttamarși
Jinabhadra
Sarvanandi
Works
Pancaśati Prabandha-sam
bandha
Campaka-śreṣṭhikathānaka (Skt.) Pālagopāla.
kathanaka (Skt.) Kathārṇava
Gani
?
Aradhanakoşa
Kathakoşa (Skt.)
(Skt.) Upadeśamālā
Kathāṣamāsa
Anandasundara Kathasamgraha
Somasundara
Kathakoṣa
Aghaṭakumarakatha
Contents and Comments
14
600 stories. These stories are of the nature of fantastic fairy-tales.
258 stories in 10 tarangas; mostly of fools, rogues and artful women. Collection of popular tales
Stories are allegorical and didactic.
Allegorical and didactic stories
27 stories
Ref. found in Jaina Sahitya Itihāsa p. 168
(trs. by C.H. Tawney,
London, 1895).
179 verses. Its commentary contains 150 tales.