Treasures of Jaina Bhandaras
- Type
- Descriptive catalogue
- Languages
- Gujarati, Prakrit, Sanskrit
- Manuscripts
- 1
- Collections
- Jaina Bhandaras, Gujarat
- Online
- No online copy known
- Sources
- Attested in:
- Biswas 1998 no. 0362
Series: Lalabhai Dalpatbhai Series; 69.
Description (Biswas 1998)
About 725 select Jaina illuminated mss. and art objects from several collections of Gujarat displayed at the L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad during November 1975. Contents: Notes on art (p. 1-60) 16 coloured plates, 82 black and white plates. Catalogue: 1 palm-leaf mss. 1-95; Paper mss. 96-368. Paper mss. having Citralipi no. 369-372; Book covers etc. 373-387; V Illustrated mss. 388-525; Painting on cloth, mantra yantra etc.526-590; Bronzes and other articles, 591. Addenda: 592-596 mss. etc.;No. 597 contains about 129 photographs etc. Description of about 513 literary works in Sanskrit, Prakrit and few Gujarati mss. with notes.
From S. C. Biswas, Bibliographic Survey of Indian Manuscript Catalogues (Delhi, 1998), no. 0362, as printed; OCR text, may contain errors.