• Ṭhānāṅgasutta = Sthānāṅgasūtra ([Jain] Canonical treatise)
    ठानाङ्गसुत्त = स्थानांगसूत्र

Uniform title:
  • Jaina Āgama. Aṅga. Ṭhāṇāṅga
Contributor:
  • Sudharmasvāmi
  • सुधर्मास्वामी
  • Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Indic Manuscript no. 88.
Publisher:
  • [India], 1501.
Extent:
  • leaves 121-210 : paper, illustrations ; 124 x 318 mm.
Format:
Abstract:
  • Section from the Jain canon.
Description:
  • Ms.
  • Layout: 13 lines.
  • Decoration: 4 colored miniatures (121 x 95 mm). Central and side circles of red with yellow and blue flourishes.
Binding note:
  • Plain wood covers. Leaves stacked in the pothi format.
Subject:
Provenance:
  • Deposit no. 9057. Garrett.
Former owner:
  • Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Edm rights:
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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Curator's notes:

  • Sudharmāsvāmī सुधर्मास्वामी (607–507 BCE)

    Ardhamagādhi Prakrit, in Devanāgarī script
    India, 1501, paper

    From the 12th century onwards, manuscripts written on paper leaves not only occur in Nepal, but also in India, often linked to Jain temples. Here the paper tradition may have originated under a Middle Eastern rather than a Chinese influence. This later 16th century work, in slightly squarer format, includes some brilliant illustrations in gold and blue, and shows the tīrthaṅkara Mahāvīra sitting on a throne without touching it. He is likely teaching this very sūtra, part of the Jain Śvetāmbara Canon.

    Gift of Robert Garrett, Class of 1897, 1942
    Princeton Indic Manuscripts IM 88

    For further reading

    Brown, W. Norman. “A manuscript pf the Sthānāṅga sutra illustrated in the early Western Indian style.” New Indian Antiquary 1, no. 2 (1938): 127-9.

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