Subhāṣitaratnakaraṇḍaka

This Buddhist religious text contains 28 kathās, composed for Buddhist monk preachers to inspire laypeople to develop faith in Buddhism. In the colophon, the text names Ārya Śūra as its author. One copy of the text has been found in Nepal, written in the Newari script and preserved in the Nepal Durbar Library (The Indian Historical Quarterly, Vol. 30, 1954, p. 86). The text includes the following chapters: Puṇyaprotsāhanakathā (f.1b–2a); Dharmaśravaṇaprotsāhanakathā (f.2a–3a); Durlabhamanuṣyakathā (f.3a–3b); Dānakathā (f.3b–5a); Puṇyakathā (f.5a–6a); Vimbakathā (f.6a–7a); Snānakathā (f.7a–7b); Kuṃkumādikathā (f.7b–8a); Chatrakathā (f.8a–8b); Dhātvāvarāpaṇakathā (f.8b); Maṇḍalakathā (f.9a–9b); Bhojanakathā (f.9b–10a); Pānakathā (f.10a–10b); Vastrākathā (f.10b–11a); Puṣpādikathā (f.11a–11b); Praṇāmakathā (f.11b–12a); Ujvālikādānakathā (f.12a–12b); Pradīpakathā (f.12b–13a); Vihārakathā (f.13a–13b); Śayanāsanadānakathā (f.13b–14a); Kṣetrakathā (f.14a–15a); Vicitrakathā (f.15a–19a); Śīlakathā (f.19a–20a); Kṣāntikathā (f.20a–21a); Vīryakathā (f.21a–21b); Dhyānakathā (f.21b–22a); Prajñākathā (f.22a–22b); Pāramitākathā (f.22b–23a).