Uttarajjhayaṇa, circa 1650-1799; उत्तरज्झयण,१६५०-१७९९

Date:

1650

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, consultation, and recitation and is a Jaina work in meter, containing sayings (sutta) attributed to the Jain founder Mahāvīra; text is especially sacred to the Śvetāmbara (the White clad, i.e., clothed in white garments) branch of the Jains.

Language:

Prakrit languages

Provenance:

Gift of Mr. N.N. Heeramaneck (f. 91v); name written as N.M. Heeramaneck, 724 Fifth Ave., New York, on manuscript wrapper.; Heeramaneck, N.N., former owner.

Subject:

Mahāvīra; Jaina literature, Prakrit; Śvetāmbara (Jaina sect); Jainism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

treatises; poems; diagrams; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (89 leaves) : paper; 11 x 27 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 92r); alternate title Uttarajjhayaṇasutta, supplied by cataloger; Sanskrit title Uttarādhyayanasūtra supplied by cataloger.; Written in 11 lines per leaf.; 89 leaves foliated 4-92, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases written in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black and solid red lines. Floral patterns in blue ink throughout manuscript; three diamonds painted in gold and traced in red and blue ink on all folios.; In Prakrit (Jaina Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 806

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts