5711. IO SAN 3177
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO SAN 3177
- Title:
- Kalpasūtra + Kālakācārya-kathānaka by Devacandrasūri
- Scope & Content:
- Kalpasūtra + Kālakācārya-kathānaka by Devacandrasūri in Prakrit. A canonical and a narrative text from the Jain Śvetāmbara tradition. This is the ms. used by Jacobi for his edition, translation and glossary of the Kālaka-story in Das Kālakācārya-Kathānakam ZDMG 34, 1880, pp. 258-278. At that ti...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Prakrit
- Date Range:
- 15th C
- Extent:
-
Paper poṭhi bound in volume. Original foliation: 1-154. 29 x 9 cm.; 23 x 5 cm. 6 lines. Twofold ms. with three margins of 2 cm., two on the sides, and one as a separation between the two parts of the ms. Good condition. `It is written with silver on 113 leaves, most of which are painted alternatively black and red. ... There are many pictures in the text, and arabesques on the margin. (MSS. of this kind are not unfrequent with the Jainas' (Jacobi, see below). The leaves are indeed lavishly decorated. Their background are either black or pink. Fol. 2 is written in golden letters with a cream-coloured background. Borders are also sometimes richly decorated. The same is true with the middle margin which separates the leaf into two parts.
