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Grantha Bhandars of Udaipur Division
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15. Sabda Bheda Prakāśa :-by Maheswara Kavi in 1500 AD
16. Dharma Pariksa Rāsa :-by Sumatı kirti copied in 1591 A.D.
(82) GRANTHA BHANDĀR OF KHANDELWĀLA JAINA TEMPLE
The Khandelwala Jaina temple is situated in Mandhi ki Nāla, Udaipur. It preserves a small collection of manuscripts numbering about 185. Most of the manuscripts are in Hindi written by Jaina authors. The earliest manuscript is BHUPĀLA STAVANA copied in Samvat 1363 (1306 A. D) and latest one is DASLAKSANA POJĀ by Rāwat copied in Samvat 1974 (1917 A.D). The main subjects on which the manuscripts are available are Rāsa, Pūjā and Stotra. Some of the important manuscripts are as follows --
1. Gaja Singh Caupai -of Raja Sunder.
It is a work of 1497 A.D
2. Rāma Rāsa :--by Mādhava Dása. It is a short story on the life of
Rāma.
3
Campăwati Sıla Kalyanaka .-by Muni Rāja Cand. It is a work of
1627 A.D.
4
Simandhara Swami Stavan .-written by Kamal Vijay in Samvat 1682
(1625 A.D).
(83) GAUDI JI KĀ UPĀSRAYA-UDAIPUR
The total number of the manuscripts is 625 The manuscripts are placed in bundles. The manuscripts are on the subjects such as Agama, Ayurveda & Jyotışa etc The Grantha Bhandar is an ordinary one.
(84) GRANTHA BHANDĀR-DONGARPUR
Dungarpur remained the literary centre from the 15th century when Bhattāraka Sakalkirti established the Bhattāraka Gādi here. As the Bhattāraka was a versatile scholar, there stayed several scholars with him. A great ceremony was taken in Sarwat 1482 (1425 (A.D), Brahma Samal pupil of Sakal Kirui described the same in the Sakal Kirti Råsa as follows:
