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Jaina Grantha Bhandars in Rajasthan.
Sangita Mandana is the work of Kavi Mandan. It was composed in V.S. 1480 (1423 A D.). There is one manuscript dated 1504 A. D. in Jaina Grantha Bhandar of Jaisalmer.
There are some more works on this subject but not well known or important. The following works are quoted in the Jaina Granthavalı
Sangita Dipikā, Sangita Ratnávali and Sangita Pingala,
There are also some works in Jaina Šāstra Bhandārs wbich are written by the non-Jaina authors.
Nartanavicára is the work of Pundarika Vithal. bis in Samskrit and voluminous work on the art of Dance. Sangita Ratnakar was written by Laxmanacărya son of Kelinätha. It is also in Samskut.
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Damodar is the author of Sangita Sastra Sāra This is a summary of Sangita Sastra. Srangadeva wrote Sangita Ratnākar in Samskrit. It is a voluminous work of Sangsta and available in the Grantha Bhandar of Jaina temple Terapānthi, Jaipur.
Apart from these works in Samskrit, there is one work in Hindi namely Sangitasära or Radha Govinda Sangitasāra written by Mahārāja Sawai Pratápsingh This is also a voluminous work on Sangita.
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Published by the Jaina Swetambar Conference, Bombay. 1904.
