Details

Subjects:

Jainism.
Tīrthaṅkaras.
Jaina mythology.
Sanskrit literature.
Yantras.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Diagrams.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation, and relates poetic myths about Tirthaṅkaras, legendary Jain figures, typically from the mythological past. Diamond-shaped yantra (diagram) housing Sanskrit characters from the main text, at the center of each folio.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 35v).
Written in 15 lines per leaf.
35 leaves foliated 1-35, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrī aṃbaḍaparibrājakasya kathānakaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // samāptaṃ // (f. 35v).
Scribe is Gaṇivijayasāgara, student of Prītisāgara (f. 35v).
Dated saṃvat 1739 (1683) (f. 35v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple red line.

Cited in:

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 5403 (UP 776).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 776

Contributor:

Gaṇivijayasāgara, scribe.

OCLC:

880982977