Jaina Granth Bhandars in Rajasthan

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

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Grantha Bhandars of Ajmer Division.
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(34) SASTRA BHANDAR OF TERAPANTHI TEMPLE-MĀLPURĂ.
There is here a collection of 74 manuscripts. It is an ordinary collection. There is no rare manuscript here but old copies of some manuscripts are in the collection.
(35) JAIN SASTRA BHANDĀR-BHĀDWA
Bhadwa is a village in Phulera sub-division. The village is 3 miles from the Railway station Bhainslână on the Rewari-Phulera Branch line of West Railway. There is here a small śāstra Bhandar having 130 manuscripts and 20 Gutakas. Though there is no rare manuscript here, the copies of the following manuscripts are very important
(1) DHARMAVILĀSA :-by Dyānata Rāya in Hindi (18th Century)
(2) Hindi Translation of RATNA KARANDA ŚRĀVAKĀCĀRA by Sadāsukha
Kāsliwāl in Hindi (19th Century)
(3) GYĀNĀRŅVA BHAŞA :-by Labdhi Vijaygani in Hindi (17th Century)
(4) BRAHMAVILĀSA :-by Bhaiya Bhagawatidasa in Hindi (18th Century)
(5) DHARMOPADESA SRĀVKĀCĀRA :-by Dharmadās in Hindi (16th Century)
All the manuscripts are written on paper. There is a good collection of Hindi works in Gutakās such as DOHASATAKA by Rupa Cand and Updeś Pacciśī by Rāmdāsa.
SASTRA BHANDĀRS IN BHARATPUR DISTRICT
The former Bharatpur State and now a district of Rajasthan remained a literary centre for a long time. As this district of the Rajasthan is considered a part of Brija Bhumi so the Hindi works influenced by Brija language (a part of are in good number in the Grantha Bhandārs of this district. There are Jaina Grantha Bhandārs in Bharatpur, Deeg, Kāma, Bayānā, Vair, and Kumher.
Bharatpur City was founded by Surajamal Jāt. It was one of the two Jat states in Rajasthan before its merger. Sruta Sågar a poet of 18th century described Bharatpur in his work Şata Mala Varnan' in the following way: