Jaina Granth Bhandars in Rajasthan

SR No.: 011017
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kasturchand Kasliwal
Publisher: Digambar Jain Atishay Kshetra Mandir
Publication Year: 1967
Total Pages: 394
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 13 MB

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Gyan Suryodaya Natak' was composed in Samvat 1591 (1534 A.D.) by Vädicandra Sûri pupıl and successor of Prabhä-candra, successor of Gyana Bhusana of the Sarasvati Gacha.
On the drama of Anargha Rāghava, there are three commentaries written by Jaina authors namely Jina Harșa Ganı?, Devaprabhas and Närcandra Süri.
The manuscripts of the various dramas written by great dramatist like Kalidāsa, Śūdrak, Višākhadatta etc. are also available in the Jaina Grantha Bhandārs of Rajasthan. Apart from these famous dramas, Partha Parākrama Vyayoga written by Yuvarīja Prahlada and Datangad of Subhata Kavi are also preserved in the Grantha Bhandar of Pandya Lonkaraņa., Jaipur.
A manuscript of Sabhāsāra Nataka written by Raghu Räma in Hindi is available in the Grantha Bhandār of Terapanthi Jaina temple, Jaipur.
AYURVEDIC WVRKS
On the subject of medicine also the contribution of the Jaina Scholars is not meagre. They preserved the literature in both ways i. e. by way of writing new works and preserving the old ones written by the non-Jaina authors. Such kind of manuscripts are good in number in the Grantha Bhandārs. We find several references according to which hundreds of works were composed by the Jaina scholars but most of them are not available in the Grantha Bhandārs. We shall describe here only those works which are available.
Jagat Sundari Prayogamala' was composed by Yasah Kirti in Prakrit. It deals with the medicines. Camundräja wrote Jvara Timira Bhaskar in Sanskrit The work mainly deals with the various kinds of fever. The work remained popular in the past.
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Amer sästra Bhandar, Jaipur,
2. Sangha Bhandar Prafoliavåda, Pāțan.
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Ibid.
4. Brihad Gyana Bhandar, Jaisalmer.
5. Sastra Bhandär of Digambar Jaina Temple Terapanthi, Jaipur.
6. Amer Sastra Bhandar, Jaipur,