Pravacanasāroddhārasūtra, 1652.

Abstract:

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.

Creator:

Nemicandrasūri, active 1072-1083.

Date:

1652

Identifier:

9969932243503681; (OCoLC)ocn951433309; (OCoLC)951433309; (PU)6993224-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Prakrit languages; Sanskrit; Gujarati

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).

Subject:

Tīrthaṅkaras -- Early works to 1800.; Jainism.; Jainism -- Early works to 1800.; Asceticism -- Early works to 1800.; Asceticism.; Tīrthaṅkaras.; Illuminations (painting); Manuscripts, Gujarati.; Treatises.; Tables (documents); Manuscripts.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.; Commentaries.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

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

Personal Name:

Kramrisch, Stella, 1898-1993, former owner.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Indic 26