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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Mādhavānalakāmakandalā (माधवानलकामकन्दला) or Mādhavānalakāmakandalākathā is the name of a work narrating stories from Jain literature.—The Mādhavānalakāmakandalā-kathā (in Sanskrit and Prakrit, verse and prose) is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—Background story:—Mādhavānala was a well-born, handsome and talented musician in puṣpavatī. As all the women lost their minds because of him, including those in the palace, the king banished him. During his travels he reached Kāmavatī where a dancing girl Kāmakandalā gave a superb show. [...] This manuscript of the Mādhavānalakāmakandalā-kathā has been described in the Jain section although it has no Jain tone, but Jain authors have indeed laid their hands on this narrative as well. In addition, it has been decided to restrict the Sanskrit sub-section of the non-Jain chapter in this catalogue to clearly hindu texts.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Partial matches: Kamakandala, Madhavanala.

Starts with: Madhavanalakamakandalakatha.

Full-text: Madhavanala, Kamakandala.

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