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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Jaina Grantha Bhandars ia Rajasthan
7. SRAVAKA DHARMA PRAKARANA :
frāvaka Dharma Prakarana was composed by Jinesvar Süri in Sanskrit in the year 1256 A. D. It describes the duties of a Jaina layman. The work is written in artificial language. The total number of stanzas is 245. The manuscript of the work is preserved in the Grantha Bhandar of Jaisalmer.
8. UTTARA PURĀNA TIPPANA :
Uttarapurăņa is a famous work written in Samskrt by Ācārya Guņa Bhadra in the 9th Century. It is very popular among the Jainas and is widely read. A Samskrit commentary written on this Purana has been discovered in the Sastra Bhandar of Jaina temple Terapanthi Jaipur. The name of the commentary written is not known but as the manuscript is of Samwat 1569, the commentary seems to have been written earlier than this. No commentary of this Purāņa has been found so for. This commentary is rare one. The beginning of the commentary is as under :
विनेयानां भव्यानां । प्रवाग्भागे दक्षिण भागे । ५ प्रणायिनः सत । वृणुतेस्म भजतिस्म ।। ६ शक्ति सिद्धि भयोपेन । प्रभूत्साहमंत्रणक्तयस्तिस्रः ।
प्रभुशक्तित्रभवेदाद्या मत्रशक्तिद्वितीयकाः तृतीयोत्साहशक्तिश्चेत्याहू शक्तित्रय बुधाः ।।
9. PARSVANATHA CARITRA :
One manuscript of this work has been discovered in the śāstra Bhandar of Dablānā (Bundi ). It is in Samskrit prose. The name of the author has not been mentioned in the work. The manuscript was copied in the year 1563 A. D. by Pandit Saubhagya Kirti. (1)
The work beals with the life of Lord Pārsśvanåtha. The language of the work is simple. The work is cmpleted in 27 folios. One quotation from the work is as follows:
मयुरापूर्या धनसारो धनाढ्यः । स पष्टिकोटि बनी। द्वाशित कोटिमोमिमध्ये द्वाविंशतिकोटि व्यवसायमध्ये द्वाविंशतिकोटि गृहग्याजे संसि... .. . ।
(१) संवत् १६२० ज्येष्ठमासे शुक्लपक्षे ५ तिषी पं० सौभाग्यकीतिना लिखितं ।