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Kalpa Sutra (Book of Rituals) - the major canonical + most widely illust. text
BM - Sanskrit text - gouache + ink on paper Gujarat - 2nd
1/2 of 15th C.
Introduction
Book I The Life of Mahavira
Chap I His Incarnation
II Trisala's Dreams
III The Court of Siddhartha
IV The Interpreters of Dreams at Court
V The Birth of Mahavira
VI Mahavira's Public Life + Death
VII The Histories of Parsva, Nemi, + Rishaba
Sthiravali - A list of Sthaviras, Heads of the Jain
School after Mahavira
The Samacharis (1-27.)
Although in comments on the ancient books, + in modern works,
the Jains, as in the Introduction to the Kalpa Sutra , employ
the Sanskrit, or one of the vernacular tongues, all their really
ancient + standard works are written in Magadhi. The
language of the Kalpa Sutra was teh court language of the
Balabhi monarchs of Gujarath.

Kalpasutra + Kalakacaryakatha - Svetambarn Jain works
-among jain manuscripts only these 2 are illustrated - with a
few exceptions
dozens, possibly hundreds of illustrated manuscripts of these 2
works in existence. Kalpasutra - the commoner - the storehouse
par exellence of examples of this school of printing. (Early
Western India)
"Kalpa have means the religious practice of the Sages"
- Whatever the age of the several parts of Kalpa Sutra, it is
certain that this work has been held in high esteem by the
Gainas for more than 1000 yrs.
4 main local scripts of NW India Gurmukhi
Landa
Takri
Sarada