{ "viewingDirection": "left-to-right", "metadata": [ { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Gujarāt, or more broadly Western India." }, { "label": "Provenance", "value": "Bought by Prof. C. Bendall from Bhagvan Das Kevaldas in Bombay, in 1885." }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "9 ff." }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "AHRC" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "Presumably, 15th-16th century." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "MS Add.2377" }, { "label": "Additions", "value": "

Marginalia<\/b><\/p>

Running marginal title (saṃ°thāvara<\/i>), upper left margin, verso (except folio 7). The meaning of this abbreviation is not fully clear. Since Prakrit thāvara<\/i> refers to one-sensed living beings, it could suggest that the story of Kālaka was here viewed as a means to teach on this topic: the end of the story deals with the most minute living beings, the nigoda<\/i>s. <\/div>
Occasional marginal annotations from another hand than the copyist, usually signalled by \u201c=\u201d at the text place where they apply, all in Sanskrit except one. They consist of glosses, slight expansions of the wording of the verses or additional verse quotations (e.g. two verses defining the nigoda<\/i>s on folio 9 recto<\/a>, the second one in Prakrit, from cosmological works). The reader who left these notes must have been conversant with Sanskrit, with the story and with Jain technicalities. <\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Jaina; Śvetāmbara, narrative." }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "Bendall, Cecil; Kevaldas, Bhagvan Das" }, { "label": "Format", "value": "Pothī" }, { "label": "Data Source(s)", "value": "LVP Add.2377, direct inspection." }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Sanskrit." }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "\u200fUnknown" }, { "label": "Alternative Title(s)", "value": "Kālikācāryakathā (colophon)" }, { "label": "Binding", "value": "

Paper envelope, library binding. Paper sleeve, original binding.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Complete, in very good condition. Stained in the lower margin." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

Jaina Devanāgarī in black and red ink. Large characters, akin to calligraphy, typical of Kalpasūtra<\/i> and Kālakācaryakathā<\/i> manuscripts, related to their use in performative contexts in connection with the annual Jain festival of Paryuṣaṇ<\/i>. <\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Excerpts", "value": "
Incipit:<\/b> [1v1]<\/a> || ℔ || śrīvīravākyānumataṃ suparvvakṛtaṃ yathā | paryuṣa[1v2]ṇākhyam etat śrīkālikācāryavareṇa saṃghe tathā [1v3] caturthyā<\/i>(!)<\/i> śṛṇu paṃcamīta<\/i>(!)<\/i> | 1 sa:❈magradeśā[1v4]gatavastusāraṃ puraṃ dharāvasam i❈hāsti sā[1v5]raṃ | tatrāpi bhūpālakarīṃdrasiṃ:❈ho bhūvalla[1v6]bho bhūd bhuvi vajrasiṃha<\/i>(!)<\/i> 2 lāvaṇyapīyūṣa | pavitragātrā [1v7] saddharmmapātrānugatiḥ sadaiva tasyājaniṣṭātiviśiṣṭa[2r1]<\/a>rūpā rājñī ca nāmnā surasuṃdarīti | 3 <\/div>
Explicit:<\/b> [9r8]<\/a> śrīmatkālikasūrayaś ciraṃtaraṃ cāritram a:[9v1]<\/a>tyujvalaṃ saṃpālya pratipadyaṃ cātasamaye bhaktaprati[9v2]jñāṃ mudā | śuddhadhyānavidhyānalīnamanasaḥ svarggālayaṃ [9v3] ye gatās te kalyāṇaparaṃ parā śrutadha❈rā yacchaṃtu saṃghe [9v4] naghe || 65 <\/div>
Final Rubric:<\/b> [9v4]<\/a> iti śrīkālikā❈cāryaka[9v5]thā saṃpūrṇṇaḥ || || cha || <\/div>
Colophon:<\/b> [9v5]<\/a> || iti śrī❈kāli:[9v6]kācāryakathā samāptaḥ || lekhaka:❈pāṭhakayo śubhaṃ [9v7] bhavatu || kalyāṇaṃ ca || śubhaṃ bhavatu ||   || śrī || cha||<\/div>" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "Cambridge University Library" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

The story of the Jain monk Kālaka is one of the most famous legends and one of the most frequently illustrated Jain Śvetāmbara works. It is often appended to the Kalpasūtra<\/i>, because both have a strong connection with the eight-day Jain festival of Paryuṣaṇ (August/September), which marks the climax of the rainy season. The ancient teacher Kālaka is held to be at the origin of the specific date where the last day of the festival takes place: the 4th day of the bright half of the month of Bhadrapada. The story is eventful and also shows how the Jain teacher took the help of a foreign king, the Sāhi, to restore the dharma<\/i> and how he could use his magic abilities for this purpose. It is known from several different versions in Prakrit and Sanskrit. This manuscript has the most popular version of the story in Sanskrit. It is anonymous and known as Śrīvīravākyānumataṃ<\/i> from its initial words. The manuscript has three typical, although not outstanding, illustrations. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Kālakācāryakathā" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Nalini Balbir., CUDL PID Workflow" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Paper.

Folio height: 11.2 cm, width: 26.2 cm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Decoration", "value": "

Miniature paintings in the Western Indian style, in bright colours, finely executed and well preserved. This manuscript shows a minimal iconographic programme with only three illustrations. Two of them show two successive scenes.<\/p>