Book Title: Jaina Granth Bhandars in Rajasthan
Author(s): Kasturchand Kasliwal
Publisher: Digambar Jain Atishay Kshetra Mandir

Previous | Next

Page 90
________________ 70 ] JAINA SASTRA BHANDARS, MĀLPURĀ Malpura is an old town in Rajasthan. According to the description available in the Gutakas collected in Sastra Bhandar of Jaina temple, Patodi, Mälpurā was founded in Samwat 1619 (1562 A.D). The other name of the town is Dravyapur. It remained the main centre of the Jaina literature from its very beginning. There are 8 temples in the town. Out of which 4 temples have collections of manuscripts. The earliest manusɔript was copied in Malpura in Samwat 1631 (1574 A.D). This is Vaddhaman Cariya of Jaymitra Hala copied by Kamal Kirti for his own study. The other manuscripts which were copied here belong to the year 1576, 1588 1592, 1652, 1829, 1803, 1812, 1783 A D. and hundreds of others which are in the various Sastra Bhandars of Rajasthan (32) JAINA GRANTHA BHANDAR CAUDHRIYAN TEMPLE--MĀLPURĀ There is All the a small collection of manuscripts numbering 50. manuscripts are on paper The condition of the manuscripts is not good. There is a copy of BIHARI SATSAI which contains 735 stanzas The manuscript of Parswanath Raso1, composed by Brahma Kapoor Cand also forms part of the collection This was composed in Samwat 1597 (1540 A D.) The work is a rare one and has not hcen published so far It deals with the life of Pärswanatha (33) GRANTHA BHANDAR OF ĀDINĀTH TEMPLE-MĀLPURĀ There is also a small collection of manuscripts which contains booKS meant only for daily reading. The Grantha Bhandar is quite in disorder and in bad condition Among the rare manuscripts one is Ksetrapala Vinti. by Muni Subha candra and the other is Hindi Padas by Harsa Kirti which are copied in a gutakā number 3 Jaina Grantha Bhandars in Rajasthan. 1 Puja Patha Sangiaha preserved in the Grantha Bhandar Malpura 2. Amer Sastra Bhandar Prasasti Sangrah, page 130. ara am fafa ag qfza aqesitas, stai cıa fafa oftfa maz i गीत पहली गाय जो राय क्षेत्रपाल को, 3 4. मुनि सुमचद गायो गीत, भैरूलाल को ॥। ११॥

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394