Ṣaḍaśīti-laghu-bhāṣya

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.

Technically, this is a verse commentary on the Ṣaḍaśīti, the work found immediately before it in the manuscript and which is here given its other title of Āgamika-vastu-vicāra-prakaraṇa.