Pravacanasāroddhārasūtra, 1652; प्रवचनसारोद्धारसूत्र,१६५२

Name:

Nemicandrasūri, active 1072-1083

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1652

Description:

Work on Jaina doctrine (including cosmology, tīrthaṅkaras, siddhis, and asceticism), with an unknown line by line commentary in Gujarati between the lines of Sanskrit text. Manuscript contains a number of tables and paintings on Jain subjects, but also includes paintings typical of Rajasthan, such as a horse rider.

Language:

Prakrit languages

Provenance:

Formerly owned by the art historian and University of Pennsylvania professor Stella Kramrisch and sold to the university on April 6, 1959 (notes accompanying manuscript).; Kramrisch, Stella, 1898-1993, former owner.

Subject:

Jainism -- Early works to 1800; Jainism; Asceticism -- Early works to 1800; Asceticism; Tīrthaṅkaras -- Early works to 1800; Tīrthaṅkaras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Tables (documents); Illuminations (painting); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts, Gujarati; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (150 leaves) : paper; 12 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 150r).; Written in 13-20 lines per leaf.; 150 leaves foliated 1-150, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīpravacanasāroddhārasūtraṃ saṃ[vat] 1709 śrāvaṇavadi 7 ravaujālseradurgośreyo 'stu // (f. 150r).; Dated saṃvat 1709 (1652) (f. 150r).; 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 quadruple black line.; Formerly housed as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 3001.; In Sanskrit and Gujarati (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Indic 26