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villages even contain the valuable Hindi manuscripts. Manuscript of Prithaviraja Raso, one of the most famous works of Hindi language are found in the Jaina sästra Bhandārs of Coro, Kotah and Bikāner. In the same way the manuscripts of the famous Hindi work of Višal Deva Råso were written by Jaina Sadhus and are preserved in the Jaina Grantha Bhandars. In the Abhaya Granthålaya of Bikaner there are nine manuscripts of this work. In the Khartargacchă Jaina Šāstra Bhandar of Kotah, there is a manuscript of Viśäldeva Räso of 1320 A.D.
On the work of Krışma Rukmani Veli there are about seven commentaries by Jaina scholars. Several manuscripts of this work are found in the Jaina Grantha Bhandārs of Jaipur, Bündi, Ajmer and Mozamabad.
Rasikpriya is also included in the collection of the Jaina Grantha Bhandārs. Hindi commentaries of Kusaldhfra and Keśavadāsa are also preserved in them.
Two manuscripts of Jaitesi Rāso which is said to have been written on Rao Jaitesi, Bikāner Ruler, are in Abhaya Granthälaya, Bikåner. Various historical works such as Vachavat Vanśávali of Kavi Sankur and Rasa Vilăsa of Carana are also available.
Old manuscripts of Vaitāla Paccisi, Vilhan Carita Caupai by Delha and Vikramaditya Caupai by Lål are also preserved in the Jaina Grantha Bhandārs.
In the same way the works written by some poets such as Kabirdāsā, Gorakhnātha etc. are also available in the Jaina Grantna Bhandars. There is one Gutakă in the Sastra Bhandar of Bida Mandır, Jaipur in which small works of 35 poets belonging to Gorakhanātha sect are written.
Manuscripts of Madhu Malti Kathā written by Sri Caturbhujadása are found in these Grantha Bhandars in good number. There is a manuscript in the of Bada Mandir Jaipur which contains 911 stanzas, the highest oumber found even in any Grantha Bhandar.
Manuscript copies of Simhasana Battist written by the various authors are available in the Grantha Bhandārs of Jaisalmer, Amer and Bikāner. In the Grantha Bhandārs of Jaisalmer, manuscript of this work written by Sanghavijay in the year 1621 A. D. is available. Several manuscripts on the story of Dholämaru is also preserved in there Bhandars.
There is a manuscript of Madhavanal Prabandha Katha written by Ganpati in the Sastra Bhandar of Bundi. It was composed in the year 1537 A.D. and the manuscript is of the year 1596. This is a very good work in Doha metre containing 2457 verses.
