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Jaina Grantha Bhandars in Rajasthan
other is Swetāmbar. The Sastra Bhandār situated in Digambara Jaina Mandir contains 120 manuscripts. The number of Gutakás is more than the manuscripts. But the condition of the manuscripts is not good. They have been placed in the covers of cloth just like the rough papers, while some of the manuscripts are without the cloth covers.
The Gutakas contain good collection of Hindi and Samskrit works. They mainly relate to Pūja, Kathă and Stotras etc.
KARAULT
Karauli is a covenunting state of Rajasthan. The City is 18 miles from Hindaun which is a Station of Western Railway (Broad guage). Karauli remained a centre of Juna literature in the 18th and 19th century. Nathmal Vilālā, who wrote several works in Hindi mentions the name of Karauli.
In the 18th and 19th century ci eral manuscripts were written in Karauli and were placed in city Bhandārs and various Bhandars of Rajasthan
(47 & 48) Grantha Bhandārs - Pancavati Mandir & Sogāni Jaina Mandu-Karauli
There are two Jaina Grantha Bhandärs in the city. One Grantha Bhandir is in the Pancāyatı Mandır and the other is in the Sogāni Jaina Mandir.
The Grantha Bhandar of Pancă yati Mandir possesses 227 manuscripts out of which the number of Gutakás is 44 The collection was meant only for self-study. As such the manuscripts are on the subjects of Purāna, Kathā, Sidhānt etc. Varanga Cariya composed by Tejapāl in Apabhramsa language, is a rare manuscript.
The other Šāstra Bhandar exists in the Sogāni Jaina temple. There is only a small collection of 87 manuscripts The collection is very ordinary and no rare or oid munuscript exists in the Bhandar
(49) GRANTHA BHANDĀRS OF HINDAUN.
There are two Sastra Bhandārs established in the temples. The total number of the manuscripts is 426. The condition of the manuscripts is not good and they have been placed even without cloth covers. Several of them have already been made incomplete.
