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Jaina Grantha Bhandars in Rajasthan.
Hastımala a famous Jaina dramatist wrote dramas in Sanskrit. The names of the dramas are as under -
(1) Vikranta Kaurava' or Sulocană Nățaka.
(2) Maithali Kalyānaa
(3) Subhadras
(4) Gyāna Suryodaya*
In the 12th century Rāmacandra Sūri pupil of Hemacandra Sari wrote Nala Vilása Natak in Samskrit. It is a ten act drama. His dramas are as follows.
(1) Kaumudt Mitrānand (Prakarana)
(2) Nirbhaya Bhima (Vyāyoga)
(3) Mallika Makaranda (Prakarana)
(4) Yadavābhyudaya (Națak)
(5) Raghuvilás (Nätak) (6) Robini Mrigānka (Prakarana) (7) Vanamală (Nājak) (8) Satya Hariscandra (Natak) (9) Raghavábhyudaya (Nățak)
Candra Lekha Vijaya Prakarana was composed by Muni Deva Candra pupil of Hemacandra. It is in Prākrit and Samskrit. A manuscript of this work is preserved in the Grantha Bhandar, Jaisalmer. A manuscript of Hammir Mardan by Jayasingh Surt dated Samvat 1296 (1239 A.D) is also preserved in the Jaisalmer Bhandar.
1. Published in the M.DG series Bombay.
2
Ibid.
3
Preserved in the Jaina Siddhanta Bhavan, Arah.
4. Ibid.
