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Tholia Jain Temple Granth Bhandar
It is situated in Digambar Jaina Temple Tholiyan in GHEE WALON-KA-RASTA, Johari Bazar, Jaipur.
The total number of manuscripts and GUTAKAS is 515 and 143: respectively. Though the number of the manuscripts is not great but from the point of material and rare works, it is a remarkable Bhandar.. Manuscripts are mainly in two languages i. e. Sanskrit and Hindi.
The manuscript of DRAVYA SANGRAHA of Brahma Deva written in Sanskrit is the earliest one This manuscript was copied in V.S. 1416. This manuscript was written in Yoginipur (Delhi). The commentary of "PARMATMA PRAKASH" of Yogindra Deva, SHABDANUSHASAN of Hem Chandracharya and ADIPURANA of Puspadanta are also important one.
The GUTAKAS which are 143 in number contains good collection of Hindi works. Several other works of Bhattaraka Hemaraja Subha Chandra, Raghunath, Brahm Jinadasa, Brahm Gyana Sagar etc. are in these GUTAKAS.
No. 1
Author
Size
Extent
DHARMA PARIKSHA.
Date of the Original
-AMITGATI
-11" x 5"
-70 Folios.
Description --Country paper, thin and some what greyish; Devanagari characters in big, legible and good hand-writing; borders
and edges ruled in three and two lines in black ink; it is a complete work in good condition; written in Sanskrit.
Ref. No.
-V. S. 1070
