Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra

by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words

This is the English translation of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Charita (literally “The lives of the sixty-three illustrious People”), a Sanskrit epic poem written by Hemachandra in the twelfth century. The work relates the history and legends of important figures in the Jain faith. These 63 persons include: the twenty four tirthankaras , the t...

Abbreviations

ABayA=Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Phil. Klasse
Abhi.=Abhidhānacintāmaṇi, Bhav. ed.
Ācār.=Ācārāṅgasūtra.
AKM=Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes.
ĀnSS=Ānanda Sanskrit Series.
Anuyog.=Anuyogadvāra.
Apte=Sanskrit-English Dictionary
AS=Āgamodayasamiti Series.
ĀS=Āgamodayasamiti Series.
Ātmā.=Ātmānanda ed. of Tri.
Aup.=Aupapātikasūtra.
Auṣadhi=Bṛhannighaṇṭu.
Āva.=Āvaśyakasūtra, Malayagiri’s com.
Āvacurṇi.=Āvaśyakacurṇi.
ĀvaH=Āvaśyakasūtra, Haribhadra’s com.
ĀvaHH=Hāribhadrīyāvaśyakavṛttiṭippaṇaka.
B.=Barnett’s ed. of Antagaḍadasā and Aṇuttarovavai dasāo.
Balfour=Cyclopaedia of India
Bate=Bate’s Hindi Dictionary.
Bhag.=Bhagavatīsūtra.
BORI=Bhandarkar Oriental Institute
Bṛhat.=Bṛhatsaṅgrahanī.
Chānd=Chandonuśāsana.
Clements=Introduction to the Study of Indian Music
Crooke=Religion and Folklore of Northern India
DeśīH=Deśīnāmamālā.
DH=Daśavaikālikasūtra, Haribhadra’s com.
DLF=Devchand Lalbhai Jain Pustakoddhar Fund.
Dutt=Materia Medica
Fox-Strangways=Music of Hindostan
G.=Der Jainismus.
GOS=Gaekwad’s Oriental Series.
Guj=Gujarātī.
Guṇa.=Guṇasthānakramāroha.
H.=Hindī.
Haim.=Haimaśabdānuśāsana.
Hindu Holidays=Hindu Holidays and Ceremonials.
H. I.=Elements of Hindu Iconography.
H. of J.=The Heart of Jainism.
HOS=Harvard Oriental Series
H. P.=Fallon’s Hindustani Proverbs.
IHQ=Indian Historical Quarter
IS=Indische Sprüche
Jamb.=Jambūdvīpaprajñapti.
JAOS=Journal of the American Oriental Society
JBBRAS=Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
J. G.=The Jaina Gazette.
J. G. D.=Jaina Gem Dictionary.
Jīv.=Jīvājīvābhigama.
Jñātā.=Jñātādharmakāthā.
JOI=Journal of the American Oriental Society
K.=Die Kosmographie der Inder.
Kirfel=do.
Kan.=The Study of Jainism.
Kāvyā.=Kāvyānuśāsana by Hemacandra.
Kāvyā. V.=Kāvyānuśāsana by Vāgbhaṭa.
KG=Karma Granthas.
Km=Kāvyamīmāṃsā
KS=Kalpasūtra.
KSK=Kalpasūtra, with Kiraṇāvalī com.
LAI=Life in Ancient India as depcited in the Jain Canons.
Lp.=Lokaprakāśa.
M.=Marāṭhī.
Martin=The Gods of India.
M. C.=Marāṭhī-English Dictionary.
MDJG=Maikchand Digambara Jaina Granthamālā
Meyer=Hindu Tales
MW=Monier-Williams, Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Nś=Nāṭyaśāstra
O. of J.=Outlines of Jainism.
Oppert=On the Weapons, Army Organization and Political Maxims of the Ancient Hindus.
Pañca.=Pañcapratikramaṇasūtra.
Pañcaprati.=do.
Pañcā.=Pañcāśākagrantha.
Pārśva=Life and Stories of the Jaina Savior Pārśvanātha
PE=Ardha-Māgadhī Koṣa.
Penzer=Ocean of Story, trans. of Kathāsaritsāgara.
PH=Pāiasaddamahaṇṇavo
PJP.=First Principles of Jain Philosophy.
Pk.=Prakrit.
Popley=Music of India.
Pra.=Prajñāpanā.
Praś.=Praśnavyākaraṇa.
Pravac.=Pravacanasāroddhāra.
Rāja.=Rājapraśnīyasūtra.
Rājendra.=Abhidhānarājendra.
Roxb.=Flora Indica
Śabda.=Śabdasāgara.
Sam.=Samavāyāṅgasūtra.
SBE=Sacred Books of the East.
SBJ=Sacred Books of the Jainas (Arrah).
Sth.=Sthānāṅgasūtra.
T.=Tattvārthādhigamasūtra, Jacobi’s ed.
Tapāvalī=Taporatnamahodadhi
Tri.=Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra.
Uttar.=Uttarādhyayana.
Uttar. B.=Uttarādhyayana with Bhāvavijaya’s com.
Uttar. K.=Uttarādhyayana with Kamalasaṃyama’s com.
Uv.=Uvāsagadasāo, Hoernle’s ed.
VH=Vasudevahiṇḍi
Viśeṣ=Viśeṣāvaśyakabhāṣya
Vogel=Indian Serpent Lore
Vs.=Vītarāgastotra
Watt=The Commercial Products of India.
Watt Dict.=Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.
Wilkins=Hindu Mythology.
YJG=Yashovijaya Jaina Granthamālā, Benares
Yog.=Yogaśāstra.
ZDMG=Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gezellschaft.
I=Vol. I, Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra. Vol. LI, GOS.
II=Vol. II, Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra. Vol. LXXVII, GOS.
III=Vol. III, Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra. Vol. CVIII, GOS.
IV=Vol. IV, Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra. Vol. CXXV, GOS.
V=Vol. V, Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra. Vol. 139, GOS.

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