Patan as Centre for Jaina Manuscript Paintings by Prof. Ratan Parimoo Jaina Miniature Paintings from Patan, Gujarat

Sr. Subject/ Place Colophon / Scribe/ Reference Collection No. Patron Painter (at present) 1. Kalpasūtra, on Palm Leaf, V.S.1294 = 1237 A.D. Patan Bhandar Coomaraswamy, Sangha a) Kalpasūtra, on Palm V.S.1335 = 1278 A.D. Nahar and Bhandar, Leaf Ghose, ‘Epitome Patan b) Kalpasūtra, on Palm V.S.1336 = 1279 A.D. of ’ Leaf c) Kalpasūtra, on Palm V.S.1344 = 1287 A.D. Leaf 2. Kalpasūtra, Patan V.S.1402 = 1345 A.D. L.D. Institute of Indology 3. Kalpasūtra V.S.1403 = 1346 A.D. Sarabhai M. Seth Kilachand Nawab ( ) Devachanda, Bombay 4. Kālakāchārya Kathā V.S.1431 = 1374 A.D. Prahlad Bubbar (Exhibition Held at Asia House London, Oct.28th – Nov. 7th, 2009. Edited and Curated) with an Essay by Joachim K. Bautze, Dazzling and Spirited Indian Court Painting 1400-1900, London Oct. 2009. Illustrated Sr. Subject/ Place Colophon Acharya/ Scribe/ Reference Collection No. Patron Painter (at present) 5. Kalpasūtra and V.S.1438 = 1381 Sarabhai Nawab Shri Kālakāchārya Kathā A.D. Motichandji Khazanchi. Now in National Museum, Delhi 6. Parśvanāth Charita, painted V.S.1455 = 1398 Sarabhai in Patan (Color plates of A.D. Nawab, Pavitra Parśvanath and Padmāvati) Kalpasūtra 7. Kalpasūtra and V.S.1471 = 1414 Pandit Sājan Sarabhai Nawab KS – Shri Birla Kālakāchārya Kathā A.D. of KK – Shri P.C. Jain of Bombay 8. Kālakāchārya Kathā, V.S. Soma Sundara Soma Simha of Khambhat Suri of Patan, Khambhat, Shravik Daiyaka 9. Kalpasūtra, painted in V.S.1473 = 1416 Jinabhadra Suri Jira, Panjub Patan A.D. 10. Kalkāchārya Kathā, V.S.1473 = 1416 Sarabhai Nawab Hemchandra painted in Patan A.D. Bhandar 11. Kalpasūtra and V.S.1473 = 1416 Sarabhai Nawab Falodi, Marwar Kalkāchārya Kathā, A.D. painted in Anhil Patana 12. Kalpasūtra and V.S.1484 = 1427 Jinabhadra Suri Vaikuntha Sarabhai Nawab Seth Anandaji Kalakacharya Katha A.D. Kalyanji Pedhi, Palitana 13. Kalpasūtra V.S.1484 = 1427 Monk Sarabhai Nawab Private A.D. Harichandra Collection Sr. Subject/ Place Colophon Acharya/ Scribe/ Reference Collection No. Patron Painter (at present) 14. Chandraprabhācharitra V.S.1489 = 1432 Sarabhai Nawab Dehlā no A.D. Upāśraya, Ahmedabad 15. Kalpasūtra V.S.1499 = 1442 Somāka Sarabhai Nawab Yati Shri A.D. Himatavijayaji, 16. Kalpasūtra, Copied at Patan V.S.1507 = 1450 Sarabhai Nawab Mahatma A.D. Ramagopala Bulabhidas, 17. Kalpasūtra V.S.1511 = 1454 Sarabhai Nawab Luharani Polena A.D. Jaina Upāśraya, Ahmedabad 18. Kalpasūtra and V.S.1513 = 1456 Mantri Sarabhai Nawab Sarabhai Nawab Kālakāchārya Kathā A.D. Vāchhāka 19. Kālakāchārya Kathā V.S.1513 = 1456 Jayaprabha Suri Vinaya Chandra Calico Museum A.D. – 95, SFPL (109 new). Ahmedabad 20. Kalpasūtra and V.S.1516 = 1459 Punai Sisters of Mantri Sarabhai Nawab Shri Kalakacharya Katha A.D. Padmananda Vāchhāka Bhratrichandsuri Suri ji’s Collection of Shri Pārśvachandraga chchha, Samalani Pole, Ahmedabad 21. Kalpasūtra, Gandhāra V.S.1516 = 1459 Jayahadra, Somaka Sarabhai Nawab Dehlā no A.D. Sanghavi Jhau Painter Sāranga Upāśraya, Jhana Ahmedabad Sr. Subject/ Place Colophon Acharya/ Scribe/ Reference Collection (at No. Patron Painter present) 22. Kalpasūtra V.S.1519 = 1462 Mantri Vāchhāka Sarabhai Nawab Thakarūshah’s A.D. Bhandara, Jaisalmer 23. Kalpasūtra V.S.1524 = 1467 Jinachandra Suri, Mantri Vāchhāka Sarabhai Nawab Tapāgachchhiya A.D. Sidhara Jñāna Bhandara, Jaisalmer 24. Uttaradhyayansūtra V.S.1529 = 1472 Jinachandra Suri, Mantri Vāchhāka Sarabhai Nawab Dayavimalaji A.D. śiśya of श्रीप配तनननवासी Śāstra Sangraha, Jinabhadra Suri (Long Inscription) Devasano Pado, Ahmedabad 25. Kalpasūtra V.S.1529 = 1472 Mantri Vāchhāka Sarabhai Nawab Shri A.D. Mohanalalaji Jain Central Library, Bombay 26. Kalpasūtra and V.S.1529 = 1472 Phyllis Granoff Brookline Kalakacharya Katha A.D. Victorious Ones: Museum Jain Images of Perfection, Rubin Museum of Art New York in association with Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad, 2009) Chapter on Painting by Robert J. Del Bonta. Sr. Subject/ Place Colophon Acharya/ Scribe/ Reference Collection (at No. Patron Painter present) 27. Kalpasūtra (5), Patan V.S.1532 = 1475 L.D. Institute of A.D. Indology 28. Kalpasūtra V.S.1534 = 1477 Mantri Vāchhāka Sarabhai Nawab Dehlā no A.D. Upāśraya, Ahmedabad 29. Kalpasūtra V.S.1535 = 1478 Mantri Vāchhāka Sarabhai Nawab Muni A.D. Jayasimhasūriji 30. Kalpasūtra and V.S.1539 = Sarabhai Nawab Shri Mahāvira Kalakacharya Katha 1482A.D. Jaina Vidyālaya, Bombay 31. Kalpasūtra V.S.1543 = 1486 Badūāka Sarabhai Nawab HGP A.D. 32. Śāntināth Charita, Patan V.S.1453 = 1396 L.D. Institute of A.D. Indology 33. Kalpasūtra and V.S.1544 = 1487 Brāhman a Sarabhai Nawab HGP Kalakacharya Katha A.D. Depā 34. Kalpasūtra V.S.1547 = 1490 Mantri Vāchhāka Sarabhai Nawab Seth Lalbhai A.D Patan Dalpatbhai Institute of Indology, No.4561 35. Kalpasūtra V.S.1549 = 1492 Mantri Ākā Sarabhai Nawab Shri Vijaya A.D Dhanalaxmi Jñāna Mandir, Agra 36. Uttarādhyana Sūtra, Patan V.S.1549 = 1492 Prabha Suri L.D. Institute of A.D. Indology, No.55

Sr. Subject/ Place Colophon Acharya/ Scribe/ Reference Collection No. Patron Painter (at present) 37. Mādhavanala – V.S.1550 = 1493 Sarabhai Nawab Muni Kāmakandalā – Kathā A.D U.P.Shah Punyavijayaji. Now preserved in L.D.I.I.

38. Kalpasūtra V.S.1551 = 1494 Sarabhai Nawab , America A.D Check Ananda Coomaraswamy

39. Chndraprabhācharitra V.S.1555 = 1498 Sarabhai Nawab in L.D.I.I. A.D 40. Vijayachandakevali, Patan V.S.1556 = 1499 U.P. Shah A.D. 41. Kalpasūtra and V.S.1558 = 1501 Astrologer Sarabhai Nawab Anchalagachchh Kalakacharya Katha A.D Bad ūāka a Upāśraya, Profusely decorated Jamanagar with details 42. Kalpasūtra V.S.1569 = 1512 Pitāmbara Sarabhai Nawab Atmananda A.D Jaina Sabha, Bhavanagar

43. Kalpasūtra and V.S.1569 = 1512 Astrologer Sarabhai Nawab Tapāgachchha Kalakacharya Katha A.D Alvāka Upāśraya,

44. Kalpasūtra, Patan V.S.1605 = 1548 N.C. Mehta A.D Gallery Collection, Ahmedabad Colophon Page from Kalpasūtra Patan, V.S.1605 = 1548 A.D. N.C. Mehta Gallery Collection, Ahmedabad Āchārya Compiling the Grammar The Siddha-Hema Grammar carried in a Procession by Maharaja Jaisimha, 13th Century Palm-leaf Manuscript Hemachandra Gyana Bhandara, Patan Kalpasūtra, Patan, V.S. 1431 = 1375 A.D. Private Collection U.K. Colophon Page from Kalpasūtra (and painted) in Patan, V.S.1473 = 1416 A.D. (Preserved at Jira, Punjab) Jinabhadra Suri, Illustration from Kalpasūtra V.S.1473 = 1416 A.D. (Preserved at Jira, Punjab) Colophon of Painter, Deyiyā, V.S.1473 = 1416 A.D. Deyiyā, Gardhbhilla’s She-Ass Magic and Siege of Ujjain, Kālakāchārya Kathā V.S.1473 = 1416 A.D Deyiyā (attributed to) Gardhbhilla’s She-Ass Magic and Siege of Ujjain, Kālakāchārya Kathā V.S.1473 = 1416 A.D.

Deyiya (attributed to) Birth of Mahāvira V.S.1473 = 1416 A.D.

The Birth of Nemināth. King Ugrasena conversing with Queen Śiva Devi (Top panel). The mother lying with the babe (Lower panel). Illustration from Kalpasūtra, Mandu, 1439 A.D. Colophon of Painter, Sārang, V.S.1516 = 1459 A.D. Painter Sārang Birth of Mahāvira Celebration by 32 Dikkumāris, V.S.1516=1459 A.D. Painter Sārang Lustration of Mahāvira

Āmli-pipli, Kalpasūtra, Patan Āmli-pipli, Kalpasūtra, Patan 1472 A.D., Brooklyn Museum V.S.1605=1548 A.D. N.C. Mehta Gallery Collection Hamsa Pattern, fragment of cotton Hamsa Pattern on Indra’s dhoti, block-printed, found at Fostat, Patan School, Egypt, Made in Gujarat, 15th century N.C. Mehta Collection Hamsa (Swan) pattern, cotton wall hanging, block-printed and dyed, found at Hamsa Pattern on the Sari of Seluwasi, Indonesia, Adinath’s Mother, Patan School, Made in Gujarat, 15th Century N.C. Mehta Collection Colophon of Scribe, Mantri Vācchāka, V.S.1519 = 1462 A.D. Scribe, Mantri Vācchāka, V.S.1519 = 1462 A.D. Scribe, Mantri Vācchāka, V.S.1519 = 1462 A.D. Scribe, Mantri Vācchāka, V.S.1519 = 1462 A.D. Kalpasūtra, 1501 A.D. Jamnagar Kalpasūtra, 1501 A.D. Jamnagar Kalpasūtra, 1501 A.D. Jamnagar Kalpasūtra, 1501 A.D. Jamnagar Kalpasūtra, 1501 A.D. Jamnagar Kalpasūtra, 1501 A.D. Jamnagar Kalpasūtra, 1501 A.D. Jamnagar Kalpasūtra, 1501 A.D. Jamnagar Kalpasūtra, 1501 A.D. Jamnagar Colophon of Scribe, Bad ūāka, V.S.1558 = 1501 A.D. Kālakāchārya Kathā, Jamnagar fig.7 Kālakāchārya Kathā, Jamnagar One Page of Colophon Gandhār, between Khambhat and Bharuch Devasānā pādo Bhandār, Daya Vimalji, Ahmedabad Praśasti Devasānā pādo Bhandār Page from Devasānā pādo Bhandār Thank You