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Jaina Grantha Bhandars in Rajasthän.
स्वामी हमने हो देयो जो स्वर्ग निवास, तुम्ह तो जी मुक्ति कामरणी वरी । श्रीपास जिणेसुर पाइ नमो ॥ १६६ ॥
इति श्री पार्श्वनाथ को रास सपुरण समाप्ता लिखित बाई रत्नाइ की सिषि श्राविका पारवती गोत्र गंगवाल सवत् १७२२ मीती जेठ वदि ५ ।
40. JYOTIŞA SĀRA:
Jyotisa Săra is a work on astronomy as it is clear from the name. It is in Hindi and was written by Sri Kripā Rāma in Sarvat 1742 (1685 A D.). The subject has been dealt with in a very simple language so that it can easily be understood even by a lay man. The material has been taken from the main books on this subject. The poet lived in Sahjahanpur. His father was Tula Rama. This has been written in a Gutaka of Patodi Sastra Bhandar, Jaipur. Two pieces from the work are as follows:
केंदरियो चौथो भवन सप्तम दममो जान । पचम अरु नोमो भवन येह त्रिकोण बखान ||६|| तीजी पसटम ग्यारमो अर दसमो वर लेखि । इनको उपचै कहत है सबै
प्रथमे देखि ।।७।।
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वश्य लग्यो जा अम में मोई दिन तिवारि ।
वा दिन उतनी घडी जु पल बीते लग्न विचारि ||४०||
लगन लिखे ते गिरह जो जा घर बैठो प्राय ।
ता घर के फल सुफल को कीजें मित बताय ॥ ४१ ॥ ॥ इति श्री कवि क्रिपाराम कृत भाषा जोतिसार संपूर्ण
41. VANIKA PRIYA:
Vanika Priya is a Hindi work written on business methods by SukhaDeva in Samvat 1717 (1660 A. D.). How the business should be conducted and at what time a particular commodity should be sold or purchased, with whom cash business or credit business should be handled, all such topics are dealt with in the book, This is a very good book on business method in Hindi. It was copied in the year 1798 (1741 A. D.) at Chirari by Lala Udait. The manuscript has boen discovered in the Sastra Bhandar of Jaina temple Badhi Cand, Jaipur. In the beginning of the work, the poet gives his account as follows:
