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 in Rajasthan
देस काठes बिरज में, वदनस्यघ राजान |
पुत्र
ara है भलो, सूरिजमल गुरधाम । तेजपुञ्ज रवि है मलो, न्याय नीति गुणवान ।
ताको सृजम है जगत में, तपै दूसरा भान ।
तिनह नगर जु वसाइयो, नाम भरतपुर ताम ।
In the 18th and beginning of the 19th century it was literary centre for the Jaina Scholars There is a Jaina manuscript library which contains more than 8 hundred manuscripts There are several manuscripts which were written in the 18th century in Bharatpur and placed in the Sastra Bhandar of the city. Some of the manuscripts which were copied here are Sodaśak arana Jayamala' of Raidhu (1830 AD) Caritra Puja of Sri Bhūšana (1759 A D) Caubis Jinaraj Pūjā (1827 A.D) Sardhadvaya Dvipa Pūjā (1769A.D) Brahma Vilas (1838 A D) Tattwasara (1757 A.D) Subhasita Ratna Sandoha (1770 A D.) and Sidhant Sara Deepak (1766 A D) and many others. All the manuscripts are preserved in the Grantha Bhandars of
Bharatpur.
(36) SASTRA BHANDAR OF PANCAYATI MANDIR
There are two Jaina temples in the city and both have the manuscript libraries in them. The Sastra Bhandar of Pancayati temple has good collection of manuscripts. They are placed in wooden and stone almirahs All the manuscripts are written on paper. The date of the establishment of the Bhandar is not traceable, but it appears that soon after the construction of this temple the manuscripts were also brought from the various towns and villages of the State when the Jainas came to settle down in the city. The 19th century was time of the growth of the Sastra Bhandar as most of the manuscripts were written in that century.
The total number of the manuscripts is 801. and the earliest dated manus. cript is VRIHAT TAPAGACCHA GURAVALI by Muni Sunder Süri copied in Samvat 1490 (1433 AD). Most of the manuscripts are in Hindi language. SAPTA VYASAN KATHA composed by Manik Candra in Samvat 1634 (1577 A.D.) in Apabhramsa language is a rare work as no such work has been found in any other Grantha Bhandar. Apart from this some of the manuscripts which are important, are as follows'
1. Rajasthan Grantha Bhandar Süci, Part III p 145.