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.
A work on karma, the Saptatikā is the well-known ‘new’ one composed by Candrarṣi Mahattara. It is usually appended to Devendra-sūri‘s five Karma-granthas, bringing the total number to six. It is the only standard one in this manuscript, which otherwise focuses on the ‘old’ karma-granthas.
