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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Importanæ of The Jaina Graptha Bhandars.
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2. The manuscript of Veņi Samhára of Bhatja Nērāyaṇa is of the 14th
Century.
3. The manuscript of Anargha Raghava Natak of Murari Kavi of the
14th Century is preserved in the same Bhandar. Another manuscript with a commentary of Maldhāri Nārcandra Süni is also available in the same Bhandar.
4.
The manuscript of Prabodha Candrodaya Natak of Krişna Misra is of 1261 A.D. The prasasti of the manuscript is as follows :सवत् १३१८ वर्षे सुदी ६ रवी प्रयह श्री भृगुकच्छे सा० मह० देयड सुत ठ० प्रासादीत्यस्य स्वार्थे प्रबोधचन्द्रोदय नाटक लिखित । शुभ भवतु लेखकपाठकयो ।
5. An old Vasava Dattă Akhyāyika of Mahākavi Subandhū written in the
year 1150 A. D. exists in the Grantha Bhandar of Jaisalmer. The manuscript was written by Acarya Yasodhar under the rule of Govinda Candra. The praśasti of the work is as follows:
इति महाकविसुबन्धुविरचिता वासवदत्ता नाम कथा समथिता ।। सवत् १२०७ श्रावण वदि १४ सोमे रूद्रपल्लीसमावामे राजश्रीगोविन्दचन्द्रदेवविजयराज्ये श्री यशोधरेण प्राचार्याणां कृते लिखितेय वासवदत्तति ।
6. One manuscript of 'Cakrapānivijay Mabākāvya' of Laxmidhara
Bhatta of 14th Century is available in the Grantha Bhandar of Jaisalmer.
7. A copy of Vratta Ratnākar of Bhațţa Kedāra copied in the 14th
Century exists in the Grantha Bhandar of faisalmer. In the same Bhandār a palm leaf manuscript of Lilavatı Karhã written by Bhusana Bhatta son of Kutuhala Kavi is preserved It is a manuscript of 1208 A.D.
On the other subjects like Ayurveda, Jyotisa, Grammar and Kosa etc there is a large number of manuscripts in these Bhandārs and some of them are very early written.
Thus the study and survey of these Grantha Bhandārs are very much important not only for tracing out the works written by Jaina writers but also for works which are written by the non-Jaina scholars.
HINDI & RAJASTHANI WORKS
Also for the collection of Hindi and Rajasthani works written by non-Jaina writers, these Grantha Bhandārs are of great importance. Bhandars situated in