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Snakes and ladders (Circ. 324-1972)

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Abhidhāna-cintāmaṇi with Nāmasāroddhāra commentary (Or. 13806)

Aḍhāī-dvīpa

Aḍhāī-dvīpa (069.001)

Aḍhāī-dvīpa (575181i)

Aḍhāī-dvīpa (Add. Or. 1812)

Aḍhāī-dvīpa (Add. Or. 1813)

Aḍhāī-dvīpa (Add. Or. 1814)

Aḍhāī-dvīpa (Circ. 91-1970)

Aḍhāī-dvīpa (IS 6565)

Aḍhāī-dvīpa (Or. 13294)

Aḍhāī-dvīpa (Or. 13937)

Ādityavāra-kathā (Or. 14290)

Āvaśyaka-niryukti (Or. 13550)

Āvaśyaka-niryukti (Or. 13786)

Āvaśyaka-niryukti (Or. 2105 ms. C)

Text starts – Ṛṣabha meditating

Bhaktāmara-stotra (Or. 13478)

Bhaktāmara-stotra (Or. 13741)

Br̥haccūrṇivyākhyā (Or. 1386)

Caturviṃśati-stava (Or. 13623)

Cosmic man (Or. 13974)

Ḍholā-Marū and Madhavanala kī copaī (Or. 14687)

Fragments of Jain manuscripts (Or. 13950)

Jambū-dvīpa-prajnapti-sūtra (MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 109)

Jasahara-cariu (Beta 1471)

Jina images (Add. 26519)

Jīta-kalpa-sūtra (Or. 1385)

Jnātadharma-kathā (Prakrit d. 4)

Kālakācārya-kathā (Beta 365)

Kālakācārya-kathā (Or. 13475)

Kalpa-sūtra (Gamma 453)

Śakra’s thoughts

Kalpa-sūtra (IM 06-1931)

Text

Kalpa-sūtra (IM 07-1931)

Birth of Mahāvīra

Kalpa-sūtra (IM 08-1931)

Text

Kalpa-sūtra (IM 09-1931)

Nemi decides not to marry

Kalpa-sūtra (IM 10-1931)

Mahāvīra plucks out his hair

Kalpa-sūtra (IM 11-1931)

A Jina’s omniscience and preaching

Kalpa-sūtra (IM 12-1931)

Text

Kalpa-sūtra (IM 161-1914)

Kalpa-sūtra (IS 46-1959)

Text

Kalpa-sūtra (IS 83-1963)

Section on Mahāvīra

Kalpa-sūtra (IS 84-1963)

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Kalpa-sūtra (Or. 11921)

Kalpa-sūtra (Or. 12744)

Section on Mahāvīra

Kalpa-sūtra (Or. 13341)

Section on Mahāvīra

Kalpa-sūtra (Or. 13342)

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Kalpa-sūtra (Or. 13700)

Kalpa-sūtra (Or. 13959)

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Kalpa-sūtra (Or. 14262)

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Kalpa-sūtra (Or. 5149)

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Kalpa-sūtra and Kālakācārya-kathā (I.O. San. 3177)

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Kalpa-sūtra and Kālakācārya-kathā (Tod MS 34)

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Kalpa-sūtra with Gujarati commentary (Or. 13701)

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Kalpa-sūtra with Sanskrit commentary (Gamma 3)

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Kalpa-sūtra with Sanskrit glosses (Or. 13455)

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Karma-kāṇḍa with Persian commentary (MS. Wilson 262)

Laghu-kṣetra-samāsa with Gujarāti commentary (Add. 26374)

Homage to Sarasvatī

Līlāvatī (Or. 13457)

Last page – colophon

Mahāniśītha-sūtra (Prakrit d. 18)

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Mandala with 24 Jinas (Or. 13472)

Manuscript cover of the 14 dreams

Manuscript cover (IS 20-1978)

Fourteen auspicious dreams

Manuscript cover (IS 50-1983)

Head of a man surrounded by text

Medicine and karma (Beta 1469)

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Personification of a planet (Circ. 325-1972)

Personification of a planet

Personification of a planet (Circ. 326-1972)

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Praśnottara or Dharma-ratnākara (Or. 2136 ms. B)

Sanskrit hymn in 25 stanzas

Ratnākara-panca-viṃśatikā (Or. 15633/197)

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Saṃgrahaṇī and Karma-granthas (Or. 2137 ms. B)

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Saṃgrahaṇī-ratna - Dharmameru's commentary (Or. 13456)

Seven armies of the Bhavanavāsin king

Saṃgrahaṇī-ratna (IS 2-1984)

Opening page – floral decoration

Saṃgrahaṇī-ratna (Or. 13454)

Saṃgrahaṇī-ratna or Trailokyadīpikā (IS 35-1971)

Saṃgrahaṇī-ratna with Gujarati commentary (Or. 2116 ms. C)

Palm of the hand

Sāmudrika-śāstra (Add. 26,461)

First page with peacocks

Ṣaṣṭiśataka with Sanskrit commentary (Or. 13179)

Seven Chakras of the Subtle Body

Seven Chakras of the Subtle Body (Circ. 321-1972)

Siddhāntālāpaka (Or. 2137 ms. A)

Snakes and ladders

Snakes and ladders (Circ. 324-1972)

Śrāddhavidhi-viniścaya (Or. 2120 ms. B)

Modern page – shelfmark and provenance

Śrīpāla-kathā (Or. 2126 ms. A)

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Sūri-mantra-paṭa (065.001)

Tattva-bodha-prakaraṇa (Or. 2112 ms. B)

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Triṣaṣṭi-śalākā-puruṣa-caritra (Beta 1689)

A universal gathering and monastic discipline

Uttarādhyayana-sūtra (IS 2-1972)

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Uttarādhyayana-sūtra (Or. 13362)

Indrabhūti Gautama

Uttarādhyayana-sūtra (Or. 13476)

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Uttarādhyayana-sūtra (Prakrit c.1)

Victory banner

Victory banner (IM 89-1936)

Vijñapti-patra (Or. 16192)

Title page

Vītarāga-stotra with commentary (MS. Sansk. d. 317)

Viveka-vilāsa (Or. 2136 ms. A)

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Yati-pratikramaṇa with commentary (MS. Sansk. d. 310)

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Snakes and ladders

Background

The board of the game of snakes and ladders represents a person’s progress in life and is divided into 84 numbered squares. Each square contains writing about rules of conduct and the good and bad results. The ladders denote good behaviour and virtues that allow the player to move up to a higher level. The snakes, however, indicate a downfall, which means that the player descends to a lower level.

Popular in India, the game of snakes and ladders has long been played by Jains, especially during Paryuṣaṇ, the ten-day festival during the rainy season. The game was both an enjoyable pastime and a means by which players could learn about Jain ethics.

According to Jain cosmology, there are three worlds across which souls move throughout a long period of time. Souls go through one rebirth after another, moving upwards and downwards through the three worlds as a result of their actions – known as karma – until they finally reach the summit of perfection.

The largest, Lowest World is formed from a pyramid of seven hells. The five lowest levels – the hells of sand, mud, smoke, darkness and deepest darkness – are inhabited by infernal beings. Low-ranking and malign gods live on the highest hell levels of jewels and gravel.

In the Middle World is Jambū-dvīpa – 'Continent of the Rose-Apple Tree'. At its centre is Mount Meru, surrounded by mountain ranges shaped like elephant tusks. As the central mountain of the world, Mount Meru extends both upwards and downwards, and is surrounded by heavenly palaces and temples in each of the cardinal directions. The divine palace of the Jinas is at its top. Jambū-dvīpa is surrounded by rings of alternating oceans and continents. The Middle World is the home of five-sensed animals and humans and is where Jinas are born.

The Upper World comprises seven regions, each containing heavenly palaces and inhabited by gods of various ranks. The summit is the home of the perfect ones – siddhas – beneath which are the five Unsurpassable Gods.

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    • Source:

      Victoria and Albert Museum

    • Shelfmark:

      Circ. 324-1972

    • Author:

      unknown

    • Date of creation:

      late 19th century

    • Folio number:

      n/a

    • Total number of folios:

      not applicable

    • Place of creation:

      unknown

    • Language:

      Prākrit, Sanskrit and Gujarati

    • Medium:

      opaque watercolour on cloth

    • Size:

      58.4 x 52.4 cm

    • Copyright:

      V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

    • Image Copyright:

      Creative Commons Public Domain

    Snakes and ladders (Circ. 324-1972)

    Snakes and ladders

    • Source:

      Victoria and Albert Museum

    • Shelfmark:

      Circ. 324-1972

    • Author:

      unknown

    • Date of creation:

      late 19th century

    • Folio number:

      n/a

    • Total number of folios:

      not applicable

    • Place of creation:

      unknown

    • Language:

      Prākrit, Sanskrit and Gujarati

    • Medium:

      opaque watercolour on cloth

    • Size:

      58.4 x 52.4 cm

    • Copyright:

      V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

    • Image Copyright:

      Creative Commons Public Domain

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