Franklin

Kālakācaryakathā, circa 1700-1850. = कालकाचर्यकथा, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (24 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 30 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 3020
Status/Location:
Loading...

Get It

Details

Subjects:
Monks.
India.
Jainism.
Prakrit literature.
Jaina literature, Prakrit.
Jaina literature, Sanskrit.
Monks -- India.
Conversion -- Jainism.
Festivals -- India.
Festivals.
Form/Genre:
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- 18th century.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- 19th century.
Language:
In Jaina Prakrit, Sanskrit, and Apabhramsa (Jainanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript contains the legend of Kālaka, important to the Śvetāmbara Jains and read during the first night of the Paryuṣaṇā, telling of this figure's conversion and initiation to Śvetāmbara Jainism, his overthrow of the wicked king Gardabhilla of Ujjain, as well as his career as guru and renunciant. Manuscript contains an illustration of Kālaka's encounter with his father, when he announces his intention to renounce worldly life (f. 1r), as well as seven other paintings from other events in the monk's life.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 24v).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
24 leaves foliated 1-24, lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīkālikācāryakathānakaṃ samāptaḥ // ba // // mannisomālikhitaṃ // ba // śrī //(f. 24v).
Gold text written over red, black or blue wash in two areas surrounded by decorative, patterned borders with eight panels designated for paintings done in red, blue, gold, and black paint.
Scribe is Mannisoma (f. 24v).
Non-Latin script record.
Penn Provenance:
Formerly owned by W. Norman Brown, given by his estate to the University of Pennsylania Libraries after 1975.
Publications about:
Levitt, Stephan Hillyer. "New manuscripts from the collection of W. Norman Brown added to the Indic manuscript collection of the Library of the University of Pennsylvania." Manuscripta orientalia 7, no. 3 (Sept. 2001).
Cited as:
Kālakācaryakathā (Ms. Coll. 390, Item 3020). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
Contributor:
Mannisomā, scribe.
Brown, W. Norman (William Norman), 1892-1975, former owner.
OCLC:
820377838