Jaina Granth Bhandars in Rajasthan

Author(s): Kasturchand Kasliwal
Publisher: Digambar Jain Atishay Kshetra Mandir

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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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4.
मुनि सुमचद गायो गीत, भैरूलाल को ॥। ११॥