Kālakācaryakathā, circa 1700-1850; कालकाचर्यकथा,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Mannisomā (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

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.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by W. Norman Brown, given by his estate to the University of Pennsylania Libraries after 1975.; Brown, W. Norman 1892-1975, former owner.

Subject:

Monks; Jainism; Prakrit literature; Jaina literature, Prakrit; Jaina literature, Sanskrit; Monks -- India; Conversion -- Jainism; Festivals -- India; Festivals

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

poems; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (24 leaves) : paper; 10 x 30 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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.; In Jaina Prakrit, Sanskrit, and Apabhramsa (Jainanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 3020

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts