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A Jain horsegroom with his wife offering him a betel leaf. Gouache drawing.

The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature

The twenty-four tirthankaras of the Jain religion. Gouache by an Indian artist, 18--.

The Kathákoça, or, Treasury of stories / translated from Sanskrit manuscripts by C.H. Tawney ; with appendix, containing notes, by Ernst Leumann.

Pursuing death : philosophy and practice of voluntary termination of life / S. Settar.

Early Jainism / by K.K. Dixit.

Descriptive catalogue of the government collections of manuscripts deposited at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Vol. XIX, Jaina literature and philosophy, section II, narratives, pt. II Śvetāmbara works / [compiled by H.R. Kapadia].

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Jainism

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Images referencing Jainism

Works from the collections

The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature

The Kathákoça, or, Treasury of stories / translated from Sanskrit manuscripts by C.H. Tawney ; with appendix, containing notes, by Ernst Leumann.

Pursuing death : philosophy and practice of voluntary termination of life / S. Settar.

Early Jainism / by K.K. Dixit.

Descriptive catalogue of the government collections of manuscripts deposited at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Vol. XIX, Jaina literature and philosophy, section II, narratives, pt. II Śvetāmbara works / [compiled by H.R. Kapadia].

Jainism

Images from the collections

Images referencing Jainism

Works from the collections

The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature

The Kathákoça, or, Treasury of stories / translated from Sanskrit manuscripts by C.H. Tawney ; with appendix, containing notes, by Ernst Leumann.

Pursuing death : philosophy and practice of voluntary termination of life / S. Settar.

Early Jainism / by K.K. Dixit.

Descriptive catalogue of the government collections of manuscripts deposited at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Vol. XIX, Jaina literature and philosophy, section II, narratives, pt. II Śvetāmbara works / [compiled by H.R. Kapadia].

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