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Category:Kalpa-sūtra with Gujarati commentary (Or. 13701)
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Jina and auspicious symbols
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Brahmin R̥ṣabha-datta
Brahmin lady Devānandā
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Mahāvīra’s first birth
Mahāvīra’s second and third births
Mahāvīra’s fourth, fifth and sixth births
Mahāvīra’s seventh and eighth births
Mahāvīra’s ninth, tenth and 11th births
Mahāvīra’s 12th, 13th and 14th births
Mahāvīra’s 15th and 16th births
Mahāvīra’s 17th, 18th and 19th births
Mahāvīra’s 20th and 21st births
Mahāvīra’s 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th births
Mahāvīra’s 26th birth
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First six of the 14 dreams
Second six of the 14 dreams
Last of the 14 dreams
Triśalā talks to her husband
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Story of the merchant Kārtika
Story of Kārtika continues
Story of Kārtika ends
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Eight queens
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Celebrations at Indra’s court
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Story of Meghakumāra
Story of Meghakumāra ends
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Indra with Hariṇaigameṣin
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Pārśva’s universal gathering
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Fourteen dreams – elephant and bull
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Fourteen dreams – lion
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Fourteen dreams – Śrī
Fourteen dreams – garlands
Fourteen dreams – moon
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Fourteen dreams – sun
Fourteen dreams – banner
Fourteen dreams – full pot
Fourteen dreams – lotus pond
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Fourteen dreams – ocean
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Fourteen dreams – palace
Fourteen dreams – jewels and smokeless fire
Lady on her couch
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Lady tells her dreams
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Siddhartha summons dream-interpreters
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Dream-interpreters and the king
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Background
The Kalpa-sūtra is the most frequently illustrated Jain text of the Śvetāmbara sect. It is read and recited by monks in the festival of Paryuṣaṇ, which takes place in August to September each year.
The first part of the Kalpa-sūtra deals with the lives of the Jinas, especially Mahāvīra, Pārśva, Nemi and Ṛṣabha. It features almost identical stories of their births, lives as princes, renunciation, enlightenment and emancipation.
The second part – Sthavirāvali – is a praise of the early teachers of Jainism. The third part – Sāmācārī – deals with particular monastic rules to be followed during the rainy season.
This manuscript does not contain the Prakrit text of the Kalpa-sūtra, but a narrative commentary in Gujarati that focuses on Mahāvīra’s previous births.
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