{ "viewingDirection": "left-to-right", "metadata": [ { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Paḍihāra; Gujarat (or possibly Rajasthan)." }, { "label": "Provenance", "value": "Bought by Prof. C. Bendall in 1884-5." }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "78 ff." }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "AHRC" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "1578 Vikrama / 1521 CE." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "MS Add.2205" }, { "label": "Donor(s)", "value": "Bendall, Cecil" }, { "label": "Additions", "value": "
Notes in Gujarati in the margins and, occasionally, in the central space.<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Manuscripts, Prakrit; Śvetāmbara; Canonical; Chedasūtras" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "Vivekameru" }, { "label": "Format", "value": "Pothī" }, { "label": "Data Source(s)", "value": "LVP Add.2205, direct inspection." }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit, annotations in Gujarati." }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "Unknown" }, { "label": "Alternative Title(s)", "value": "Pajjosavaṇākappa; Kappasutta" }, { "label": "Scribe(s)", "value": "Matimeru; Matimeru" }, { "label": "Binding", "value": "

Paper sleeve, original binding; paper envelope, library binding.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Complete, in relatively good condition. Some folios are torn in the right hand margin, with occasional loss of text or folio numbers (e.g. ff. 16, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 35, 39, 43, 53). Holes in paper within text at some places." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

Multiple hands<\/b><\/p>

First hand: Jaina Devanāgarī in black and red ink (1v-56v<\/a>).

Scribe<\/b>: Matimeru<\/p><\/div>

Second hand: Jaina Devanāgarī in black ink (57r-78r<\/a>).<\/div>
Third hand: Jaina Devanāgarī in black ink (marginal annotations).<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Excerpts", "value": "
Rubric:<\/b> [1v1]<\/a> || ℔ || oṃ namo vītarāgāya ||<\/div>
Incipit:<\/b> [1v1]<\/a> || namo arihaṃtāṇaṃ namo siddhāṇaṃ || na[1v2]mo āyāriyāṇaṃ || namo uvajjhāyāṇaṃ || namo loe savvasāhūṇaṃ || eso paṃ[1v3]ca namokkāro. savvapāvappaṇāsaṇo || maṃgalāṇaṃ ca savvesiṃ || paḍhamaṃ hoi [1v4] maṃgalaṃ || 1 || || teṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ || teṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ || samaṇe bhagavaṃ Mahā[1v5]vīre || paṃcahattuttare hotthā || taṃ jahā<\/div>
Final Rubric, section:<\/b> <\/a>|| ❈|| <\/div>
Explicit:<\/b> [78r1]<\/a> evaṃ parūvei pajjosava[78r2]ṇākappo nāmaṃ ajjhayaṇaṃ | saaṭṭhaṃ saheuyaṃ sakāraṇaṃ | sasuttaṃ | saatthaṃ | saubha[78r3]yaṃ | savāgaraṇaṃ | bhujjo 2 uvadaṃsei tti bemi || 264<\/div>
Final Rubric:<\/b> [78r3]<\/a>pajjosavaṇākappo dasā[78r4]suakkhaṃdhassa aṭṭhamaṃ ajjhayaṇaṃ sammattaṃ |<\/div>
Colophon:<\/b> [78r4] <\/a> || pratyākhyānapūrvān nniryūḍhaṃ || 1 || graṃthā[78r5]graṃ 1216 || śubhaṃ bhavatu || kalyāṇam astu || subhaṃ bhūyāt || | saṃvat 1578 varṣe śrā[78r6]vaṇa sudi paṃcamī maṃgalavāre | paḍihāramadhye || muni matimeruṇāleṣi || || [78r7] ga° vivekamerupaṭhanārthaṃ || yādr̥śaṃ pustake dr̥ṣṭaṃ || tādr̥śaṃ liṣitaṃ mayā || yadi śu[78r8]ddham asuddhaṃ vā || mama doṣo na dīyate || lekhaka-pāṭhakasya śubhaṃ bhavatu || śrī cha ||<\/div>
Colophon:<\/b> below from another hand in cursive script: ajā śrī hāṃsājī kī pra° 6 kalapasuta kī parati riṣa sahasā kī nisarāya<\/div>" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "Cambridge University Library" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

A manuscript of the Kalpasūtra<\/i> or Pajjosavaṇakappasutta<\/i> dated V.S. 1578 (1521 CE), thus belonging to a fairly early phase. Its format, with narrow pages, is reminiscent of the format prevalent in palm-leaf manuscripts. The script of Kalpasūtra<\/i> manuscripts is often calligraphic, of a squarish shape, like the one found in this copy. The simple colophon indicates that the manuscript was copied in Paḍihāra (unidentified location) by the Jain monk Matimeru for another monk called Vivekameru. The manuscript has marginal annotations which are probably by the hand of a later owner. A sentence in cursive script below the original colophon indicates that the manuscript seems to have changed hands, from a certain Haṃsājī to a Sahasā. The Kalpasūtra<\/i> is a scripture belonging to the Śvetāmbara canon. It is written in Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit. It is one of the most important works of the Śvetāmbara tradition since, especially in Gujarat, its public reading became associated with the festival of Paryushan, held in August-September, when everybody asks forgiveness for past errors. Mass production of Kalpasūtra paper manuscripts is evidenced from the 14th century onwards. The Kalpasūtra<\/i> has three main sections, each dealing with a fundamental aspect of the Jain tradition: