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1914.) JAINA GAZETTE.
289 Padamprabhamuldhari Deva contains 146 leaves and must be a fine book. The Sanskrit commentary on Swami-Kartikeya. Anupreksha by Shivachandragani containing 270 folios is also a rare book. There are two editions of Triloksar each with Sanskrit commentary, one by Madhavchandra and the other, which is in Prakrit by Nemchandra, with a Sanskrit Translation by Sagar Seva.
The Swetambar list of Jain books named Jain granthvali mentions Rajvartika and Rajvartikalankar as two different books by two different authors. The one is said to be written by a pupil of Akalanka and the other by Bhatta. kalank Deva. In fact they are 2 copies of the same book and have been written by Bhattakalank Deva. This book of the Poona library therefore deserves a special reading to settle the fact. One book Vadgajgandhastina of Sidhsendivakar is written in 1304 Samvat as given in the Poona catalogue, but its name is not found in the conference catalogue. It is perhaps a rare Digambar grantha. One book in the list of Jain books named Sandesh Prakash is said to be written by Abdur Rahman in Prakrit with a glossary in Sanskrit.
This must be read to find out what it is and when it was written. A dictionary, the name of which was never heard of before, namely, Anekarth Dhwani-manjari, was purchased from Kashmir and is in a torn condition.
Thus there are a number of Jain granthas in this library, the copies of which must be obtained for our Jain Temples. and libraries of Jain literature.
It is due to the ignorance of our Seths that these valuable treasures of Jain literature are not duly appreciated and made use of. So much of our money is spent in the name of religion and charity, but it is very sad that so little of it is devoted to the most important work of giving light to knowledge. Knowledge is Jainism. It is the true nature of Atma, and its acquirement is the highest end of life. But how painful it is to think that while we waste lakhs upoa lakhs on shows and melas, not even a few thousands
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