Jaina Granth Bhandars in Rajasthan

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

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Jaida Grantha Bhandars in Rajasthan.
13. PRADYUMNA CARITA :-by Kavi Sadhăru. The work was composed in the year
1411 (1354 A.D). This work describes the life of Pradyumna son of Sri Krişna, in Hindi poem.
Gutaka number 331 is also important one. It contains several small works of Hindi written in 15th and 16th century by the various authors and specially by Sri Vaca-Raja and Brahma Dipa etc.
(42) SÄSTRA BHANDAR OF AGRAWAL PANCĀYATI MANDIR-KĀMĀ
There is a small Sastra Bhandar which contains only 105 manuscripts The temple is old. Sastra Bhandar was established about 60 years ago, when separation was made between the two temples. All the manuscripts are of 18th and 19th ceutury. There is a manuscript of PRADYUMNA CARITA which contains date of composition as Samvat 1311 (1254 A.D). The copy is incomplete one
(43) GRANTHA BHANDĀR OF SRI MAHĀVTRAJI
The Grantha Bhandār is situated in the famous temple of Digambar Jaina Atibaya ksitera Sri Mahaviraji. The temple is four miles from the Railway station Sri Mahavirajī. The temple is famous throughout India. There is a seat of Bhajtáraka. The Bhattarakas came from Amer, the old capital of former Jaipur State. The Grantha Bhandär of this temple possesses 515 manuscripts including the Gutakās. The manuscripts are of 15th to 19th century. There is a good collection of the manuscripts of Prakrit, Apabhramsa, Samskrit and Hindi works. The manuscripts are systematically arranged. The list of the manuscripts has been published' Some of the important aod old manuscripts are. (1) Tattwärtha Sätra Vriti (Yogadeva ) (2) Nemiswar Gita (Valhava ), (3) Trayodaśamārgi Raso (Dharmasāgar) 4 Pārswanāth Räso (Brahma Vastupal and 5 Indraprastha Prabandha.
BAYANA
Bayana is an old town of Rajasthan. There is a fort which was built earlier than the 4th century. A large hoard of Guptă coins was discovered there about two decades ago, which was studied by Late Dr. A. S. Altekar. The town was also a great centre of the Jainas. The Jaina temple in the town belongs probably to the tenth century A.D. Tradition has it that it possessed a very good collection of manuscripts but it appears that it was destroyed by the Muslim invaders. In the 18th
2. Amer Sastia Bhandar ki Grantha Suci.