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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Jana Granina Bhandars in Rajasthan
Kirnawali of Udainacārya with a commentary of an unknown writer is in the collection of Amer Sastra Bhandar. Manuscript of Sankhya, Saptati written by Acarya Kapila also exists in the same Bhandar. This is a manuscript dated 1370 A.D. In the Jaisalmer Sastra Bhandar Sankhya Saptati Bhasya by Gaudpada is preserved. This is a manuscript of 1143 A.D. on palm leaves.
Commentary on Sankhya Sapatati called Sankhyatatwakaumudi of Vacaspati Misra is also preserved in the same Bhandar and the Sankhya Sapatati of Ishwar Krisna is also in the collection. All the manuscripts are of 11th and 12th Centuries.
A manuscript of Patanjala Yoga Darsana Bhasya' of Vacaspati Harsa Misra and Vyas Risis are preserved in the Granth Bhandar of Jaisalmer. A 12th Century manuscript written on palm leaves of Prasasta Pada Bhasya also is preserved in the Jaisalmer Ehanḍār. In the same Bhandir we also find the following early manuscripts
(1) Nyaya Bindu of Acirya Dharma Kirti with a commentary of Acarya Dharmottarpāda. The manuscript is of 13th Century.
(2) Commentary on Nyaya Kändli of Sridhar Bhatta written in the 13th Century.
(3) A manuscript of Khandan-Khanda-Khadya of Sri Harsa of 1234 A.D.
(4) Manuscript of Gautamiya Nyaya Sutra Vratti written in the year 1151 A. D.
(5) Manuscript of Nyaya Siddhant Dipaka with a commentary of Sasidhara is available in the Bhaṭṭārkiya Grantha Bhandar of Ajmer.
The dramas written by great poets such as Kalidasa, Murări. Visakha Datta and Bhatta Nārāyaṇa are preserved in the various Grantha Bhandars. In the Sastra Bhandrs of Jaisalmer, the manuscript of these dramas are of very early dates. Some of the early manuscripts are as follows:
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A manuscript copy of Mudra Raksasa Natak of Visakha Datta prepared in Samvat 1314 1. e. 1257 A. D. is there. It contains a commentary also. The end of the work is as follows:
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मवत् १३१४ वर्षे लौ० भाषाढ बदि शनो मद्येह श्रीवामनस्थल्यां स्थित मह० देयड़ सुन ४० ग्रामादीन पुस्तकं लिखितमिति । शुभ भवतु लेखकपाठकाना प्र-येषामेव ।