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Title

Saṅghayaṇasūtra

Authors

• Śrīcandrasūri, 12th cent

Other related names

• Zahn, Brian, former owner

Call number

Ms. Indic 9
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 5826050
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5826050

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

In Prakrit

Summary

Manuscript on Jaina cosmology; it includes ideas about the structure of the cosmos and the mapping of cosmological space through multiple charts, graphs, and diagrams. It opens with a praise of the Arhants and includes a commentary in smaller script, running parallel to the main text. Illustrations show Mughal influence on Jaina iconography from the 18th century. Manuscript derives from the Sirohi district of Rajasthan, India.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 57r); alternate title Saṅgrahaṇīsūtra supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 5-13 lines per leaf.
   
• 57 leaves foliated 1-57, lower right 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 with yellow highlight. Painted illustrations throughout.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 12 x 26 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīsaṃghayaṇasūtrasamāptaṃ // likhitaṃ // (f. 57r).

Provenance

• Gift of Brian Zahn, 1999.
   

Subjects topical

• Jaina cosmology
• Astronomy--Religious aspects--Jainism
• Sacred space--India

Genres

• Commentaries
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Prakrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Prakrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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Table of contents

• fol. 2v-3r — Tables, f. 2v and f. 3r
• fol. 6v-7r — Table, f. 7r
• fol. 10v-11r — Table, f. 11r
• fol. 12v-13r — Table and illustration, f. 13r
• fol. 14v-15r — Table, f. 15r
• fol. 20v-21r — Tables, f. 20v and f. 21r
• fol. 25v-26r — Tables, f. 25v
• fol. 31v-32r — Tables, f. 32r
• fol. 36v-37r — Table, f. 36v
• fol. 40v-41r — Table, f. 40v
• fol. 41v-42r — Table, f. 42r
• fol. 44v-45r — Tables, f. 45r
• fol. 47v-48r — Tables, f. 47v and f, 48r
• fol. 48v-49r — Tables, f. 48v
• fol. 53v-54r — Tables, f. 54r

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Floral illustration, f. 1r
• fol. 1v-2r — Illustration and tables, f. 1v and f. 2r
• fol. 3v-4r — Table, f. 3v and illustration, f. 4r
• fol. 5v-6r — Tables, f. 5v, and illustrations, f. 6r
• fol. 7v-8r — Illustration, f. 8r
• fol. 8v-9r — Table, f. 8v and illustrations, f. 9r
• fol. 9v-10r — Illustrations, f. 10r
• fol. 11v-12r — Illustrations, f. 11v, and table, f. 12r
• fol. 13v-14r — Illustrations, f. 13v
• fol. 15v-16r — Illustrations, f. 15v and f. 16r
• fol. 16v-17r — Illustrations, f. 16v and f. 17r
• fol. 17v-18r — Illustration, f. 18r
• fol. 18v-19r — Table, f. 18v and illustration, f. 19r
• fol. 21v-22r — Illustrations, f. 22r
• fol. 22v-23r — Tables and illustrations, f. 22v and f. 23r
• fol. 23v-24r — Table and illustrations, f. 24r
• fol. 26v-27r — Illustration, f. 27r
• fol. 27v-28r — Illustration, f. 28r
• fol. 28v-29r — Illustration, f. 28v
• fol. 29v-30r — Illustration, f. 30r
• fol. 30v-31r — Illustrations, f. 31r
• fol. 32v-33r — Illustration, f. 32v
• fol. 33v-34r — Illustration, f. 34r
• fol. 35v-36r — Illustrations, f. 35v
• fol. 37v-38r — Tables, f. 37v and illustration, f. 38r
• fol. 38v-39r — Illustrations, f. 38v
• fol. 39v-40r — Tables, f, 39v and illustration, f. 40r
• fol. 42v-43r — Table, f. 42v and illustrations, f. 43r
• fol. 43v-44r — Table, f. 43v and illustration, f. 44r
• fol. 45v-46r — Illustrations, f. 46r
• fol. 46v-47r — Illustrations, f. 46v
• fol. 54v-55r — Illustration, f. 55r
• fol. 56v-57r — Illustration, f. 56v
• fol. 57v — Floral decoration, f. 57v