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Collection of Jain scripture, circa 1700-1850.
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Hindi
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Jainism.
- Tīrthaṅkaras.
- Genre:
- prayers (compositions)
- treatises
- drawings (visual works)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (114 leaves) : paper ; 16 x 13 cm
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit and Hindi (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Collection of various works from Jain literary and canonical works in Sanskrit, Hindi, and other languages, possibly copied by a student or for use as a portable collection of Jaina scripture for personal reflection, study, and prayer. Contains various tables along with a drawing of a Jina (tīrthaṅkara) on the cover.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 8-17 lines per leaf.
- 114 leaves foliated 1-44, 44-113, upper left verso.
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
- Canvas cover reinforced with paper and bound as a western codex.
- Cited as:
- Ms. Indic 20.
- OCLC:
- 951433290
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