Jinasena (Pupil of VÄ«rasena),

Jain Mahapurana / - First edition. - 6 volumes : illustrations, portraits, 1 map ; 23 cm + 1 supplement booklet (98 pages ; 22 cm) - .

Includes a booklet: "An introduction to Jain Mahapurana : (supplement to the set of six volumes of Mahapurana)". Translated from Kannada; Kannada translation not included. Mahapurana (The largest gigantic Purana) is a magnum opus of Jain literature. A great epic, consisting of 20, 000 slokas. It is written in Anushtup Chandas meter. It consists of the whole universe of the Jain spiritual, geographical and epical world. -- Translator's words (volume 1, page xxv).

Includes glosary (page 58-764) and index.

Volume. 1: Purvapurana : 13 parvas (parva 1 to 13) -- volume. 2. Purvapurana : 14 parvas (parva 14 to 27) -- volume. 3. Purvapurana : 15 parvas (parva 28 to 427) -- volume. 4. Purvapurana : 5 parvas : Uttarapurana : 12 parvas (parva 43 to 59) -- volume 5. Uttarapurana : 11 parvas (parva 60 to 70) -- volume 6. Uttarapurana : 7 parvas (parva 71 to 77) -- Jain Mahapurana : an introduction : supplement to the set of six volumes of Mahapurana.

Jaina epic poem in Sanskrit written by Jinasena and Gunabhadra; Sanskrit text with English translation.


English and Sanskrit ; Sanskrit in Devanagari and Latin.

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Jainism--Early works to1800.
Spiritual life--Jainism.

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