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Jaina Grantha Bhandars in Rajasthan.
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Mahārānās of Udaipur. They always supported them both in prosperity and distress, so when the city was established, Jainas from various places also came here and settled down.
From its very foundation Udaipur remained the centre of learning and literature. The Mahārānās of Udaipur also took initiative in this respect and contributed to a great extent towards the Rajasthani litarature. The manuscript library of Mahārānā is a great treasure, house for Rajasthäni and Samskrit literature. Asadhar a famous Jaina scholar of 13th century was of Udaipur State
There are 9 Jaina temples in the city and all of them contain manuscripts. There are several manuscripts which were copied in Udaipur and at present found in various places. Neminatha Purana of Brahma Nemidatta copied in Samvat 1751 (1694 A.D) and 1783 (1726 A D.) at Udaipur were placed in Amer Sastra Bhandar, Jaipur. Syadavadamanjarī copied in Samvat 1797 (1740 A.D) was placed in the Sastra Bhandar of Jaina temple Badhicand, Jaipur Pandava Purana of Bhaṭṭāraka Subha Candra was copied in Samvat 1693 (1636 A.D) in the Santinatha temple, Udaipur Adipurana written by Acarya Jinasena was copied in Samvat 1730 (1673 A.D) Poet Daulata Rama Kasliwal who lived here for about thirty years wrote various books in Hindi lle mentioned the name of Udaipur in his VASUNANDI ŚRĀVAKĀCĀRA BHAŞA'
(80) SASTRA BHANDAR OF SAMBHAVANATHA TEMPLE, UDAIPUR
Jaina Temple of Sambhavanatha is one of the oldest temples of Udaipur City It has a very good Sastra Bhandar which possesses 517 manuscripts, written from 15th century to 20th century. The earliest manuscript available in the Sastra Bhandar is LAGHU JATAKA TIKĀ of Bhattotpal which was copied in Samvat (1408 A D.) and the latest manuscript copied in Samvat 1965 (1908 A.D) is Solahakarana Vidhan of Tek Cand in Hindi. In this way we find here manuscripts written in last 500 years
The collection of the manuscripts is very rich from the point of view of Hindi manuscripts and there are more than 25 Hind! works which have come to light for the first time. Among such rare manuscripts following are remarkable
1. Sită Sila Rasa Pataka Gunavel-by Acarya Jaya Kirti composed in Samvat 1604 (1547 A.D). The manuscript is an original copy written by the author.
1. Prasasti Sängrah of Amer Sastra Bhandar. Jaipur p 255.
