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Jaina Grantna Bhandars in Rajasthan
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Atma and Parmatma, body and soul, duties of a human being, condition and unduThese works are above standard and may be
sability of the world are described. placed in the cadre of Santa literature.
Dharmadása Gani, a famous writer of Prakrit wrote Updeśamala' in 542 Gathas. The book is popular both in D:gambaras and Swetambaras and its manuscripts are avrilable in most of the Bhandars of Rajasthan. The work is in Prakrit. One Vritti of the work was written in Prakrit by Jaisingh pupil of Krsnaursi in Samvat 913 (856 A. D.) Apart from this commentary there are more than 20 commentaries written in Samskrit and they are in the collections of the Jain Bhanḍārs of Rajasthan.
Kartikeyanupreksa2 is also one of the high class works written by Swāmi Kartikeya. It contains 489 Gathas and puts before us the real picture of the World, man and his relations. The book teaches how we should live and what we should do. It is divided in 12 parts which are called Bhavnas. Bhaṭṭāraka Subha Candra wrote commentary3 in Samskrit in Samvat 1613 (1556 A.D.) and Jaya Candra Chabra translated it into Hindi prose in the 19th century.
Pravacana Saroddhara was composed by Nemicandra pupil of Amara Deva of Jina Bhadra. It is a detailed exposition of Jaina Philosophy. The total number of the Gathas is 1599.
HINDI WORKS ON ADHYATMAVĀD
There is a large literature in Hindi on Adhyatma. Some work of Sarhskrit and Prakri were translated into Hindi & some new works were composed. Dvădašānuprekśǎ* of Laksmi Candra is the first work on this subject, written in old Hindi. It was composed in about 12th century. Roop Candra wrote Parmarthadohā Satak' which is purely on Adhayatma. It contains 102 stanzas. His new work Adhyatma Savaiyā has recently been discovered which is based totally on Adhyatma Literature.
Rajamala a scholar of 16th century translated the Samayasara a work of Kundakunda into Hindi prose. It was perhaps the first attempt to write in Hindi prose. The manuscript of the works is in the collection of Amer Sastra Bhandar, Jaipur of Vikram Samvat 1653 (1596 A D.). Banarsi Dasa a prominent Hindi writer wrote Samayasar Natak in the year 1636 A.D. This is a most popular work and is
1. Amer Sastra Bhandar, Jaipur.
2. to 6. Ibid.
7. Published by Sast! Grantha Mala, Delhi.
