This manuscript is a remarkable anthology of 14 texts dealing with cosmology and with the theory of karma as expressed in the Śvetāmbara tradition. The collection includes a classic like the Saṃgrahaṇī-ratna, but also less well-known works such as the so-called ‘old’ karma-granthas and verse commentaries – bhāṣyas – on the latter. These texts are rare in the manuscript tradition and are mainly addressed to specialists in karma theory.
The Karma-vipāka – Maturation of Karma – here is the ‘old’ one, which was composed in Prakrit verses by Gargarṣi in the ninth to tenth century. The well-known work of the same name by Devendra in the 13th century has replaced it to some extent.
