Jainism in Rajasthan

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VI JAINA GÄSTRABHANDARAS
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and 125 gutakūs. The earliest manuscript available in this Bhandāra is a commentary of Dravyasangraha by Brahmadeva. It was written in 1395 A.D. during the reign of Firozshah at Delhi. There is one manuscript namely Pājāsamgi aha in which coloured paintings of mandalas have been given.
(7) GRANTHABHAŅDĀRA OF JAINA TEMPLE, PATODI: The temple in which this Bhandāra exists is situated in Chaukadi Modīkhānā of the city. The total number of manuscripts in the Bhandāra is 2257 and the gutakūs are 306 'in number. The Bhaktāmarastotra and the Tattvārthasūtra are found on palm-leaves. Some maps of Jambūdvīpa, Adhāidvīpa and of some Yantras are found on cloth. The earliest manuscript available in the Bhandāra is Jasahar acharzī of Pushpadanta, an Apabhramśa writer of the tenth century A.D. This manuscript was copied in 1350 A.D Among small works of Hindi, Jinadattachaupās of Kavi Ralha composed in 1297 A.D. is one of the earliest manuscripts.
(8) CHANDRAPRABHU SARASVATI BHAŅDĀRA: This Bhandāra is found in the Jaina temple of Dīvāna Amarachandaji who was a prominent Dīvāna of the former Jaipur state in the nineteenth century A.D. This temple is situated in the Lālajī Sāņda Kā Rāstā, Chaukadi Modí Khānā. There are 830 manuscripts out of which about 350 are incomplete. This is a rich collection of Sanskrit manuscripts. The Kürttıkeyānuprekshū dated 1563 A D is the earliest written manuscript. Most of the manuscripts belong to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
(9) SĀSTRABHANDĀRA OF JOBANERA TEMPLE: A Sāstrabhandara attached to the temple of Jobanera in Khejarāń Kā Rāstā Chandapola bazar contains about 340 manuscripts including the gutakās. Sanskrit manuscripts ale more in number than those of Hindi. Generally, manuscripts range between seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. The important manuscripts are as follows:-(1) Sabhūsāranātaka of Raghurāja in Hindi, (2) Añjanūjāsa of Sāntikušala composed in 1603 A D. (3) Brhūrīsatasaī of Bihātīlāla written in 1716 A D. and Raghuvamša by Kālidāsa copied in 1623 A.D. Besides, there is a copy of Sangrahanīsītra of the eighteenth century AD
(10) PĀRÁVANĀTHA DIGAMBARA JAINA SARASVATI BHAVANA: It colitains sso manuscripts including the gutakās The manuscripts written in Sanskrit language are numerous. The Nalodayakāvya of Māņikyasūri copied