Kuvalayamala (Kuvalayamālā)

कुवलयमाला

The Garland of Night-lotuses

Campū-like Prakrit novel on the rebirths of five souls dominated by the five passions, famous for its passages in Apabhraṃśa, Paiśācī and eighteen regional dialects.

Language: Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
Date: 779 CE
Author: Uddyotanasūri
Place: Jābālipura (Jalor)
Extent: 727 passages, 178,510 words
Text: complete digital text
Source: archiveorg · Kuvalayamala Of Udyotana Suri No. 45 Sindhi Jain Granthamala; ed. A. N. Upadhye; Singhi Jain Granthamala;… · Scan of a printed edition hosted by the Internet Archive (archive.org); the ancient text is in the public…; jainqq · Kuvalaymala, by Chandraguptasuri, Anekant Prakashan Jain Religious Trust 2011 (3 vols.: jainqq 022707, jainqq… · Jain eLibrary (jainelibrary.org / Jain Quantum, jainqq.org): scanned books and their extracted text are…

v1 Kuvalaymala Part 01 (Jain eLibrary no. 022707) — 243 parts
v2 Kuvalaymala Part 02 (Jain eLibrary no. 022708) — 239 parts
v3 Kuvalaymala Part 03 (Jain eLibrary no. 022709) — 245 parts

Recensions and editions (4)

Kuvalayamālā (Chandraguptasuri, Anekant Prakashan Jain Religious Trust, 2011) — Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
Kuvalayamālā (A N Upadhye, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1959) — Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit, not yet digitised
Kuvalayamālā (Amarendrasagar, Mahabhadrasagar, Suparshwanath Jain Sangh Upashray, 1995) — Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit, not yet digitised
Kuvalayamālā (Bhuvanbhanusuri, Divya Darshan Trust) — Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit, not yet digitised

Commentaries (1)

Kuvalayamālaprakāśa — Sanskrit, not yet digitised

Versions and retellings

Kuvalayamālākathā

Kuvalayamala (Kuvalayamālā)

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Recensions and editions (4)

Commentaries (1)

Versions and retellings

See also: more in Romances