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|| salokanam trilokanam yadvidyadarpanayate ||

 

Jaya Jinendra

 

CATALOGUE OF THE JAIN MANUSCRIPTS OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY

In three volumes

With Introduction, Bibliography, Appendices and Indices

By Nalini Balbir, Kanhaiyalal Sheth, Kalpana Sheth and C.B. Tripathi

Distributed by Hindi Granth Karyalay

2006 280 x 220 mm 1278 pp + 18 colour plates

Deluxe Hardcover Boxed Edition Rs. 5000

 

This is the first time that Jain manuscripts preserved in the British

Library and the holdings of the British Museum and the Victoria &

Albert Museum have been catalogued in a thorough and

systematic manner.

 

The work was initiated by Professor Candrabhal Tripathi, but after

his untimely death, Professor Nalini Balbir took on this project

and worked at it for more than 10 years, assisted by Kanhaiyalal

and Kalpana Sheth, a scholarly couple from Ahmedabad.

 

The scope of the Catalogue extends from the Jain manuscripts in

the Oriental Collection of the British Library to those in the

India Office Library. This Catalogue sheds light on 1083

manuscripts in 1425 entries. The importance of the Catalogue is

not merely scholarly, it is also religious.

 

Jains celebrate jñana pañcami with great pomp and grandeur by

taking out ancient Jain manuscripts in grand processions, but it

is more important to bring out the knowledge contained in the

texts. We hope that this Catalogue will act as a springboard

for the renewed academic study of Jainism.

 

The Contents of this Catalogue are as under:

 

Volume I

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Foreword by Pujya Muniraj Shri Jambuvijayaji Maharaj

Foreword by Chairman of the British Library Board

Author's Preface

Abbreviations

Symbols

Introduction

Prolegomenon: On the term "Jain Manuscript"

I Collections, Users, Catalogues

II The Manuscripts: The Present Catalogue

Classified List of Entries

Description of Composite Manuscripts or Codices

A. Composite Manuscripts

B. Collective Manuscripts or Codices

C. Main Texts with Supplements

Appendices

1. Selected Scribal Remarks

2. Alphabetical Index of Scribal Maxims

3. List of Dated Manuscripts

4. Chronograms

5. List of Illustrated Manuscripts

Indexes

Concordances

 

Volume II

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Svetambara Literature

1. Canonical Literature

2. Dogmatics and Ethics

3. Philosophy

Appendix: Letter - Numerals

 

Volume III

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Svetambara Literature

1. Narrative Literature

2. Stotra Literature

3. Vrata Literature and Ritualistic Works

4. Pattavalis

5. Varia

 

Digambara Literature

1. Kundakunda's Works

2. Dogmatics, Ethics, Philosophy

3. Narrative Literature

4. Hymns

5. Vrata Literature and Ritualistic Works

6. Works by Banarasidasa

7. Varia

 

Belles-Lettres and Sastric Disciplines

1. Anthologies and Floating Verses

2. Commentaries of non-Jain Kavyas

3. Grammar

4. Lexicography

5. Metrics

6. Poetics

7. Riddles

8. Mathematics

9. Astronomy and Astrology

10. Medicine

11. Music

 

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and distributing Hindi, Prakrit, Sanskrit and Apabhramsha literature

since 1912. We are proud to be the distributors of this very

important work, published jointly by the British Library and the

Institute of Jainology.

 

We have published many important works on Jainism and Indology.

 

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