Samādhimaraṇa, 1859; समाधिमरण,१८५९

Date:

1859

Description:

Jaina text on dying auspiciously while in meditation.

Language:

Hindi

Provenance:

Purchased in 1960, possibly from Gujarat as writing on wrapping is Gujarati script.

Subject:

Jainism; Death -- Religious aspects -- Jainism; Meditation -- Jainism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper; 17 x 33 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 12r).; Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.; 11 leaves foliated 2-12, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti samādhimaraṇasaṃpūrṇaṃ // saṃvat 1916 mitī jeṣṭa sudi trodaśi (f. 12r).; Dated saṃvat 1916 (Monday, 13 June 1859 A.D.) (f. 12r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Hindi (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Indic 11