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with its famous commentaries Davala, Jayadavala, and Mahädavla was copied from the only surviving palm leaf Ms in old Kannada scripts, preserved in the Siddhanta Başadı of Moodbidri.
Bhavan's Collection became known all over the world within ten years of establishment. In the year 1913, an exhibition of Bhivan's collection was organised at Varanası by its sister institution on the occasion of Three Day Ninth Annual Function of Sri Syadpada Mahavidyalaya A galaxy of persons from India and abroad who participated in the function greatly appreciated the collection, Mention may specially be made of Pt. Gopal Das Baranya, Lala Bhagavan Din, Pt. Arjunlal Sethi, Suraj Bhan Vakıl, Dr. Satish Chandra Vidyabhusan, Prof Heraman Jacobi of Germany, Prof Jems from United States of America, Ajit Prasad Jain, and Brahmachari Shital Prasad A similar exhibition was organised in Calcutta in 1915 Among the visitors mention may be made of Sir Asutosh Mukherjee, Shri Aurvind Nath Tegore, Sir John woodruf and Sarat Chandra Ghosal
The other activity of the publication of Biblothica Jainica-The Sacred Books of the Jainas began with the publication of Dravya Samgiaha as Volume I (1917) with Introduction, English translation and Notes etc. In this series important ancient Prakrit texts like Samayasāra, Gommalasära, Atmānusâsana and Purusārlha Siddhyupaya were published. Alongwith the Sacred Book Series books in English on Jaina tenets by eminent scholars were also published Jaina Siddhanta Bhaskara and Jaina Antiquary, a bilingual Research Journal was published with the objectiveto bring into light recent researches and findings in the field of Jainalogical learning
Thanks to the foresight of the founders that they could conceive of an Institution which became a prestigious heritage of the country in general and of the Jainas in particular The palm leaf MSS in Kannada scripts or rendered into Devanagari on paper are valuable assets of the collection. It is undoubtedly accepted that a manuscipt is more valuable than an icon or Architectural set-up An icon may be restalled and similarly an Architectural set-up can be re-built, but if even a piece of any Ms is lost, it is lost for ever. It is how plenty of ancient works have been lost it is why the followers of Jainism paid a thoughtful consideration to preserve
| SR No. | 010507 |
| Book Title | Jain Siddhant Bhavan Granthavali Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Rushabhchand Jain |
| Publisher | Jain Siddhant Bhavan Aara |
| Publication Year | 1987 |
| Total Pages | 519 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 12 MB |