MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 45

Sanskrit, Monier-Williams Collection

Summary of Contents: A 17th-century paper manuscript of the Uttarajjhayaṇasutta Uttarādhyayanasūtra, a part of the Jaina canon, with a commentary (ṭabo) in Old Gujarātī by disciple of Pārśvacanda of Añcala gaccha. Written by Muni Premacandra for his own recitation.

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Title: Uttarajjhayaṇasutta

Title: Uttarādhyayanasūtra

Language(s): Ardhamāgadhī.

Class: mūla

Unknown ,

Title: Uttarajjhayaṇasutta Ṭabo

Language(s): Gujarati.

Class: commentary

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

10 × 25 cm.

Extent: 215 ff.

Condition

Complete, in good condition.

Layout

Commentary layout: tripāṭha.

4-6 lines per page, approximately 45-50 akṣaras per line.

Double marginal frame lines in red ink.

Hand(s)

Jainanāgarī in black ink. Scribe: Muni Premacandra

Additions:

Marginalia

invocationsInvocation (śrī) immediately before the foliation, mid right margin, verso.
annotationsNumerous annotations on all margins throughout the manuscript; the first set in black ink was probably written by the scribe of the main text, while the second set in red ink might have been added later.

Binding

Cardboard cover, library binding.

History

Origin: 17th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Collected by Bühler, Georg Georg Bühler in 1877-78.

Donated to the Indian Institute by Monier-Williams, Monier M. Monier-Williams.

Availability

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Bibliography

Descriptions of the manuscript

A Catalogue of the Sanskrit and Prākrit mss. in the Indian Institute Library, Oxford, Keith, Arthur Berriedale (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1903, no. 47, p. 23-24)

Funding of Cataloguing

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation