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Importaros of The Jalna Grantha Bhandars
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(23) Dasavaikälika Sätra Vratti of Hari Bhadra Säri was written in the year
1232 A. D. by Thakur Kumar Singh of Sådhå who was related to Mālavanga of Stambha Tirthanagar. There are five manuscripts written by the same scholar in the Jaisalmer Bhandar. The prasasti is as follows:
सबत् १२८६ फाल्गुण सुदि ४ सोमे स्तंभतीर्थनगरनिवासिना । श्री श्रीमालवंशो भवेन 8. साढासुतेन ठ. कुमारसिहेन दशवकालिक तस्कघवृनि १ नियुक्ति २ सूत्र ३ पुस्तक लेखयाच॥
Thus from the above praśastis written at the end of the manuscripts it is clear that earliest written manuscripts on palm leaves are available in Jaina Grantha Bhandars. In this respect Grantha Bhandars of Jaisalmer are only the place in Rajasthān, where palm leaf manuscripts of ancient times are available.
PAPER MANUSCRIPTS
1. The earliest written manuscript on paper has been found in the Grantha
Bhandār of Digamber Jaina Terapanthi Badā Mandır, Jaipur, This is a manuscript of Pancăsti Kaya of Ācārya Kunda Kunda in Prakrit and copied in the year 1272 A.D. Jt was written in Yoginipur-an old name of Delhi when Gayasuddin Balban was the emperor. The praśasti is as follows:
सवत् १३२६ चैत्र बुदो दशम्या बुधवासरे प्रयह योगिनीपुरे समस्तराजावलिसमालकृत eft r ated gaffurgagtag7x10# f *.....!
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There are several manuscripts which were written in the 13th, 14th and the 15th Centuries and at present are in the collection of various Bhandārs. On the basis of this it may be concluded that before the 13th Century all the manuscripts were used to be written on palm leaves. Some of the manuscripts written on paper may be described here.
The manuscript of Trišasti Salāka!' Pursuşă Carita of Hemacandra Sûri pertains to the year 1328 A.D. There is a descriptive praśasti which gives full information about the author and the date of writing.
1. Grantha Bhandar of Jaisalmer.
