Jaina Bibliography Part 1

SR No.: 016035
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 1070
Language: English
Classification: Dictionary & Dictionary
File Size: 17 MB

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pp. 2-3, Visit to the library of Bhattarakji Jivankul, at Bhuj. Among the 614 manuscripts of this collection is found an ancient copy of the "Mahänisithasutra" with Guzrati version.
Pp. 3-6. Visit to Patan. This town, to-day as in the past, is the most important Jaina centre. A considerable number of Sravakas have fixed their residence there, and one counts there more than twelve monasteries, some of which go up to the period of the Caulukya kings.
Among the Jaina libraries, three are the object of special mention.
The first, the Pophliäpädäno Bhandär, contains about 500 manuscripts, among which some canonical treatises, a collection of legends in Prakrit and two works of Hemacandra. The Bhabhänapäḍāno Bhandar includes approximately 300 manuscripts, among others that of the "Jamalis tra".
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At last, nearly 500 manuscripts are found in the "Sanghavinäpäḍano Bhandar", especially the complete collection of the Jaina Agamas, with bhäṣyas, cürņis
vrttis.
P. 13. Review on the "Trisaṣtisalāhāpuruşacarita", containing the detailed biography of Mahavira, by Hemacandra, and on a copy of the "Paiyalacchinamamala" of Dhanapala.
Pp. 20-21. List of 15 Jaina manuscripts, namely:
Biography 2 mss.
Dharma ... 6 mss. 1 mss. Diverse
Poetry
6 mss.
See a short summary in the "Indian Antiquary" vol. IV. P. 314-316.
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Rajakiya--Vārāṇaşı-Vidyamandira-Sarasvati Bhavana-Vartti-Pustakanāmsucipatram (Pandit, vol. IX-X, Supplement).-Benares, 1869-1875.
P. ccxi-ccxii. List of 131 Jaina manuscripts.
G. BÜHLER. On the celebrated Bhandar of Sanskrit mss. at Jessalmir (I. Q. vol. IV, P. 81-83)-Bombay, 1875.
Jessalmer is today one of the principal Jaina centres of India. This town was founded towards the middle of the 12th century, after the destruction of Lodorva, the ancient capital of the Bhatti Rajputs. The Jains who, from Lodorva, came to settle at Jessalmir, brought with them a statue of Pärivanätha, for which they construted a temple in the 15th century under the pontificate of Jinabhadra
sūri.