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Jaina Grantha Bhandårs in Rajasthan
He completed Sukumäla Carita in 1918 V. S. (1861 A. D.) on the request of Hara Candra Gangwal. At the end of the work he gives a description of the Jaipur City and of himself which runs as under:
ढू बाहर देश मध्य जैपुर नगर सौहै,
___ च्यार वर्ण राह चले अपने सुधर्म की। रामसिंह भूपत के राज मांहि कमी नही,
कमी कछु दृष्टि पर जानो निज कर्म की ॥ बश्यकुल जैनी को पूरव कृत्य पुण्य थकी,
पायो यह खैलो अब मुदी दृष्टि धर्म की । जैन बैन कान सुनी प्रात्म स्वरूप मुनी,
चार अनुयोग मनो, यही सीख मर्म की ।।
DISCOVERIES OF THE VARIOUS WORKS
Most of the Grantha Bhandārs were not previoualy seen by any scholar so the various works in Samskrit, Prakrit, Apabharmsa, Hindi and Rajasthani conld not come to light and the scholars were not aware of their existance. As a result of survey of these Grantha Bhandārs of Rajasthan hundreds of works written in various Indian language have come to light. A list of such works written in Apabhbrbnsa and Hindi is gives in Appendixes III & IV. From the notes on some of these works, scholars may form an idea about the wealth of literature which is preserved in these Bhandārs. In these pages a very short description of some works have been given.
The number of such works are as follows:
and
(a) Prakrit works...... (b) Apabhramsa works (c) Samskrit works (b) Hindi and Rājasthni works
13th Century...... 14th Century ..... 15th Century...... 16th Century... .. 17th Century...... 18th Century.....
