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त्रिषष्टिशलाकापुरुषचरित of हेमचन्द्र.

Resource Type : Manuscript
Year/Date of Publication : 1498
Original Era : संवत 1555
Subject : Legends & Poems
Script : Devanagari Handwriting
Notes/Description : Thes Are 9 Mss Of The Different Parts Of The Great Sanskrit Poem On The Life Of The 63 Important Men Of Jainism, Composed By Hemacandra, The Famous Jain Monk Who LivedAt The Time Of Kings Jayasinha And KumarapalaOf Gujrat. The Poem Contains 11 Books OfWhich, The Last, Called Paris'Istaparvan Is EditedBy H. Jacobi In The Bibliotheca Indica Series,Calcutta, 1891. The Whole Poem Including TheParis’Istaparvan Is Published By The JainaDharma Prasaraka Sabha, Bhavnagar.Of Our Mss., The 1St Contains BookX; The 2Nd, 4Th And 9Th Contain Book Xi;The 3Rd Contains Book Viii; The 5Th ContainsBooks Ii, Vi And Vii; The 6Th, 7Th And 8ThContain Book Vii.Hemacandra Was A Great Writer. AmongHis Works, The Following Are Important :—( 1)Siddhahema S’Abdanus‘Asana; ( 2 ) Kavyanus'Asana,( 3 ) Cchandonus’Asana; ( 4, ) Abhidhanacintamani;( 5 ) Anekarthasarigraha ; ( 6 )Des’Inamamala; ( 7 ) Yogas'Istra; (8 ) Dvyas'RayamahakavyaAnd The Present Poem. He Was APupil Of Devacandrasuri Of The PurnatalliyaGaccha, Who Composed His S'Antinathacarita InSam.1160 And Wrote A Commentary On Mulas’UddhiOf His Guru’S Guru, Pradyumnasuri; Cf. Peterson,Reports, V. Pp. 72 And 165 And Dalal, JesalmirCat, Intro., P. 46. Also See Winternitz;Geschichte, Ii. P. 327 Ff,; S. Vidyabhasana,History Of Indian Logic, P. 205 And Buhler,Das Leben Des Hemacandra, Wien, 1889.
Pages/Folios : Folios: 58 , Lines: 19 , Folio Size in Inches: 10.5 x 4.5
Identifier : MS_00001727
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